'Leaving Liverpool was the best thing for my career' - NXGN star Hoever on Anfield exit, training wi
Oct 19, 2021
The 19-year-old defender moved to Molineux in September, after it was clear that Merseyside's first team opportunities would be limited at most.
As far as Ki-Jana Hoever is concerned, there is no regret.
Since the Dutch chose to trade Liverpool for the Wolves in September, the situation has changed a lot, but one thing has certainly not changed.
The star of this young man is very popular.
The 19-year-old smiled and said: "Sometimes I feel very old," settled down and accepted an exclusive interview with Goal.
"It feels like I've been here for a long time, do you know?"
we know. Hoever only turned 19 in January, but this is his third consecutive year as a member of NXGN. That year, Goal selected the 50 best weirdos in world football and ranked 33rd in 2021.
"Years passed!" He smiled. "But I'm still very young, and I know I still have a lot to do."
Perhaps it may be appropriate for Hoever, the Dutch under-17 European champion, to eventually enter Molineux.
After all, in that game, he played for Liverpool for the first time in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2019. In just 16 years and 354 days, he became the third youngest player in the history of the Red Army.
"Yes, good memories!" he said. "I remember that everything was going very fast. The first team had some problems with injuries. I was training with them, and then I was on the Wolves bench.
"My mentality is to hope that I can play, debut and get some time, but I didn't expect that I would start the game from the sixth minute!"
Hoever moved from Ajax to Merseyside in the summer of 2018 and was very impressed. In his first training session with the Jurgen Klopp team, he left the senior players, shouting about the way he handled the daunting challenge of Mo Salah.
He will continue to play four games for the Reds, scoring once in the MK Dons Carabao Cup victory. Able to play right back and center back, he was designated by Klopp and his staff as a player with great potential.
However, the emergence of Neco Williams (Neco Williams) complicates matters. Last season, the Welsh international became an intern with Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Hoever spent most of his time in U23.
His last senior outing was in February last year, beating Shrewsbury Town in Anfield in the FA Cup. A few weeks later, he was on the bench at Watford, which was his only appearance in Liverpool's Premier League team.
Therefore, when the opportunity to join the Wolves last summer came, he jumped up. He has two years left in his contract at Liverpool, and they are eager to renew, but he hopes there is a clear path to regular first-line football, and the champion can't provide it at all.
The wolf can. The transaction that brought him to Molineux was valued at 9 million pounds ($12.5 million), with a potential additional fee of 4.5 million pounds ($6.25 million), and included a 15% sale clause.
Speaking of the decision to leave Liverpool, Hoffer said: "It's not an easy choice, but it's not that difficult."
"I know that I will play more minutes than in Liverpool and that is why I made the decision. I think it is the best for my career.
"Of course I don’t know (in Liverpool) that I was injured, but I don’t think so. I just think, if everyone fits, how much game time will I have? Liverpool still has such a great team, maybe in the world The best semi-finals, so it is difficult for me to break through.
"The idea here is very good. I will really participate in the team, really a first team player. Basically what I expected, but I know I can still do better. So far, this is a good first team player. One season."
Hoover said he didn't talk to Klopp before leaving, but he still kept in touch with several of Liverpool's former teammates, including the countryman Virgil van Dijk (Virgil van Dijk).
He said: "He is really nice to me." "Even if I need anything, I can call or text him, and he will help me. Virgil is a very good person.
"No matter who you are, if you are next to him, he will make you look good at defending! When I train with him, he will talk to me in Dutch, he will guide me where and when to fall, When to stand up. He took the responsibility. I just need to listen!"
Hall settled down with the Wolves. His debut was in West Ham (West Ham) in September, and by December, he was ready to play in the Premier League at Old Trafford, even if his side fell to a heartbreaking late defeat. , Also left a deep impression on him.
So far, there have been more than a dozen performances, including outings in Chelsea and Manchester City. Fast, sporty and with a comfortable body, Hoever seems to be a perfect fit for the full-back role in Nuno Espirito Santo's trademark 3-4-3 system-although he said he would be happy to play an orthodox right back or play in the middle as needed.
"He is a very good coach," Hoffer said of Nuno. "He helped me a lot in all kinds of things.
"When I came here, it was mainly the way I was not familiar with the game and the way they defended. I think now I know how to do it. I still train it every day, but it was a bit difficult at the beginning."
He smiles when he is recommended for defensive training. As a young defender, facing the likes of Salah and Sadio Mane and now Adama Traore, he must receive some education.
"Yes!" Hoffer smiled. "From the very beginning of my training in Melwood, I have never met a world-class player like this. But I am focused and I am ready.
"I am fast. This will help because I can make things right at my own speed. When I came for the first time, I was not very strong with the central defenders. Maybe if you see me, you will I think I'm a little thin, but if I really work hard, then I will be strong!"
Traore strong enough?
"He knows that I am getting stronger and stronger now!" A nonsense joke. "It is really difficult to defend him because there are basically no players like him.
"Usually, you have an agile winger and there is a way to defend him. It is really difficult to be with him. If you get too close, he can turn, he is really strong; if you give He has a little space, and he will use it to dribble.
"It's hard to defend him, but training with him every day is very good for me. I am learning every day."
Hoever is part of a new generation of young and talented Dutch people, many of whom are included in this year's NXGN list.
He has played with bands such as Ryan Gravenberch, Kenneth Taylor, Brian Brobbey and Jayden Braaf at Ajax Academy, and played for the national team with PSV star Mohamed Ihattaren.
He said that his favorite application is LiveScore, which he uses to check his friends' scores and performance.
As for himself, the goal is simple; keep going, keep working hard, and keep the light.
Hoover said: "For me, it's about improvement and preparation." "We have a small group of players, so you don't know when it will happen. You need to be prepared.
"I'm just waiting for the opportunity. This is just my first year in the Premier League and I am very happy, but of course I hope to play more and more every season.
"I just need to keep training hard and get better every day, and then I can accomplish what I want to do in this club."
In the coming months and years, please pay attention to Ki-Jana Hoever
Children from Ajax and boys from Liverpool are preparing to become a member of the Wolves.
As far as Ki-Jana Hoever is concerned, there is no regret.
Since the Dutch chose to trade Liverpool for the Wolves in September, the situation has changed a lot, but one thing has certainly not changed.
The star of this young man is very popular.
The 19-year-old smiled and said: "Sometimes I feel very old," settled down and accepted an exclusive interview with Goal.
"It feels like I've been here for a long time, do you know?"
we know. Hoever only turned 19 in January, but this is his third consecutive year as a member of NXGN. That year, Goal selected the 50 best weirdos in world football and ranked 33rd in 2021.
"Years passed!" He smiled. "But I'm still very young, and I know I still have a lot to do."
Perhaps it may be appropriate for Hoever, the Dutch under-17 European champion, to eventually enter Molineux.
After all, in that game, he played for Liverpool for the first time in the third round of the FA Cup in January 2019. In just 16 years and 354 days, he became the third youngest player in the history of the Red Army.
"Yes, good memories!" he said. "I remember that everything was going very fast. The first team had some problems with injuries. I was training with them, and then I was on the Wolves bench.
"My mentality is to hope that I can play, debut and get some time, but I didn't expect that I would start the game from the sixth minute!"
Hoever moved from Ajax to Merseyside in the summer of 2018 and was very impressed. In his first training session with the Jurgen Klopp team, he left the senior players, shouting about the way he handled the daunting challenge of Mo Salah.
He will continue to play four games for the Reds, scoring once in the MK Dons Carabao Cup victory. Able to play right back and center back, he was designated by Klopp and his staff as a player with great potential.
However, the emergence of Neco Williams (Neco Williams) complicates matters. Last season, the Welsh international became an intern with Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Hoever spent most of his time in U23.
His last senior outing was in February last year, beating Shrewsbury Town in Anfield in the FA Cup. A few weeks later, he was on the bench at Watford, which was his only appearance in Liverpool's Premier League team.
Therefore, when the opportunity to join the Wolves last summer came, he jumped up. He has two years left in his contract at Liverpool, and they are eager to renew, but he hopes there is a clear path to regular first-line football, and the champion can't provide it at all.
The wolf can. The transaction that brought him to Molineux was valued at 9 million pounds ($12.5 million), with a potential additional fee of 4.5 million pounds ($6.25 million), and included a 15% sale clause.
Speaking of the decision to leave Liverpool, Hoffer said: "It's not an easy choice, but it's not that difficult."
"I know that I will play more minutes than in Liverpool and that is why I made the decision. I think it is the best for my career.
"Of course I don’t know (in Liverpool) that I was injured, but I don’t think so. I just think, if everyone fits, how much game time will I have? Liverpool still has such a great team, maybe in the world The best semi-finals, so it is difficult for me to break through.
"The idea here is very good. I will really participate in the team, really a first team player. Basically what I expected, but I know I can still do better. So far, this is a good first team player. One season."
Hoover said he didn't talk to Klopp before leaving, but he still kept in touch with several of Liverpool's former teammates, including the countryman Virgil van Dijk (Virgil van Dijk).
He said: "He is really nice to me." "Even if I need anything, I can call or text him, and he will help me. Virgil is a very good person.
"No matter who you are, if you are next to him, he will make you look good at defending! When I train with him, he will talk to me in Dutch, he will guide me where and when to fall, When to stand up. He took the responsibility. I just need to listen!"
Hall settled down with the Wolves. His debut was in West Ham (West Ham) in September, and by December, he was ready to play in the Premier League at Old Trafford, even if his side fell to a heartbreaking late defeat. , Also left a deep impression on him.
So far, there have been more than a dozen performances, including outings in Chelsea and Manchester City. Fast, sporty and with a comfortable body, Hoever seems to be a perfect fit for the full-back role in Nuno Espirito Santo's trademark 3-4-3 system-although he said he would be happy to play an orthodox right back or play in the middle as needed.
"He is a very good coach," Hoffer said of Nuno. "He helped me a lot in all kinds of things.
"When I came here, it was mainly the way I was not familiar with the game and the way they defended. I think now I know how to do it. I still train it every day, but it was a bit difficult at the beginning."
He smiles when he is recommended for defensive training. As a young defender, facing the likes of Salah and Sadio Mane and now Adama Traore, he must receive some education.
"Yes!" Hoffer smiled. "From the very beginning of my training in Melwood, I have never met a world-class player like this. But I am focused and I am ready.
"I am fast. This will help because I can make things right at my own speed. When I came for the first time, I was not very strong with the central defenders. Maybe if you see me, you will I think I'm a little thin, but if I really work hard, then I will be strong!"
Traore strong enough?
"He knows that I am getting stronger and stronger now!" A nonsense joke. "It is really difficult to defend him because there are basically no players like him.
"Usually, you have an agile winger and there is a way to defend him. It is really difficult to be with him. If you get too close, he can turn, he is really strong; if you give He has a little space, and he will use it to dribble.
"It's hard to defend him, but training with him every day is very good for me. I am learning every day."
Hoever is part of a new generation of young and talented Dutch people, many of whom are included in this year's NXGN list.
He has played with bands such as Ryan Gravenberch, Kenneth Taylor, Brian Brobbey and Jayden Braaf at Ajax Academy, and played for the national team with PSV star Mohamed Ihattaren.
He said that his favorite application is LiveScore, which he uses to check his friends' scores and performance.
As for himself, the goal is simple; keep going, keep working hard, and keep the light.
Hoover said: "For me, it's about improvement and preparation." "We have a small group of players, so you don't know when it will happen. You need to be prepared.
"I'm just waiting for the opportunity. This is just my first year in the Premier League and I am very happy, but of course I hope to play more and more every season.
"I just need to keep training hard and get better every day, and then I can accomplish what I want to do in this club."
In the coming months and years, please pay attention to Ki-Jana Hoever
Children from Ajax and boys from Liverpool are preparing to become a member of the Wolves.
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