00:00Congratulations, you sit here as a Liverpool player, can you describe your feelings right now?
00:13What kind of feeling do you get from walking around the training ground at the AXA today?
00:19I'm happy, I'm very happy. When I see the installations, I feel good here and I'm very excited to start.
00:28What was it about Liverpool? Because there was lots of interest in you as a footballer. Why this club?
00:36It's a history club and the sport project talked directly to me and my family, I think we made the
00:46right choice and we feel very happy.
00:49Now you wanted to finish the season with your club and unfortunately you had an injury in that time. Can
00:55we check how you are now? What is your condition in that recovery?
01:00The knee is going a lot better. I took the process on the ground, I took the solo training, and
01:07the surgeon told me to take the collective training.
01:12But unfortunately we preferred not to do it. And this year I'm going to continue my work to be 100
01:18% at the same time.
01:19The fans will be very excited to see you, so you're confident that you'll be able to start the pre
01:24-season with the squad at the start of next season?
01:27Yes, I'm 100% at the next season. And as part of that, you will travel to the USA, part
01:35of the pre-season tour. Are you excited to see the appetite for Liverpool in a different part of the
01:41world?
01:42Yes, we talked about it. I know that the season will be happening there. And I'm very excited because there
01:49will be the first match, the first match with the coaches. And I hope it will happen.
01:54It's been a tough season for Liverpool, but are you excited about adding your qualities to what is a good
02:01squad here?
02:13Can you describe some of those qualities? Because fans will have watched your videos online, but how would you describe
02:21what you can bring to this squad?
02:24I'm a pretty athletic person. We often run fast, even if I'm big. And after my qualities, I think I
02:34have a good balance and I'm pretty calm on the ground.
02:38And how excited are you to learn from the players already here? I imagine players like Virgil van Dijk will
02:44excite you to work with next year.
02:47I'm very excited, for sure, to be next to a big player like that. I think he's part of the
02:53best devs in the world, so I can only learn with him.
02:57He's one of your idols? Is he somebody that you've always looked up to?
03:00I don't like to use the word idol, even for the best player I prefer, but it's a game that
03:10I look for.
03:11For me, he's part of the best devs in the world. And if I want to go as far as
03:18possible, I must be proud of him.
03:21And when you walk around, images like the trophies, the appetite of the fans as well, does that give you
03:29huge excitement to be part of it now and to be part of that Liverpool badge?
03:33Well, I just want to bring a lot more. I've seen all trophies, I've seen the number of trophies. I've
03:40seen the history of the club.
03:43And you're a leader too. Experience of captaining youth teams. Is that something you think you can bring to this
03:50club?
03:50It's set up as well, that you take responsibility. You are a natural leader.
03:55Yes, I think I'm going to do that, little by little. I think it's going to happen all alone. I'm
04:01someone who speaks a lot on the ground, even if I'm quite reserved.
04:06But on the ground, I think it's going to happen all alone.
04:09I asked earlier about the fans watching videos of you. Have you been watching videos about Liverpool, about the history,
04:17about some of the big nights that maybe you can play in at Amsterdam?
04:20What do you think of Anfield when you're here as a player?
04:22Yeah, I've watched a lot of videos, especially recent videos, especially on the YouTube channel of the club.
04:29I try to see how the training is going, the history of the club, even if I don't know anything
04:34yet. But I'm going to put it on the ground.
04:37And dreams about maybe what it would feel like to score at Anfield as a Liverpool player.
04:41I think that every player of Liverpool wants to score at this great stadium. And I hope that it will
04:48be the best possible.
04:50These days are about you signing for Liverpool, but you're here with your family as well. How excited are they
04:56at the prospect of you being here as a Liverpool player?
05:00I think they are very, very proud of me. I think they are a bit like me. And they are
05:08a bit excited that you start, that I finish the match and the training.
05:13Maybe just one last question where I can ask you to answer in English. How excited are you to be
05:20here at Liverpool?
05:21I'm very excited. For me, it's a big dream. It's a big club. A club like Liverpool. It's a big
05:32dream for me.
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