The Premier League has a new ‘bullet man’. Micky van de Ven (Wormer, 19-4-2001) has become the fastest footballer since, in 2020-21, the english league will begin to record the top speed of its footballers.
The Tottenham center back, who last season recorded a ‘peak’ of 35.97 km/h with Wolfsburg, reached 37.38 km/h on January 31 against Brentford. Leave behind the 37.31 km/h that Kyle Walker ‘took’ last year.
“To put it in context, Van de Ven traveled 10.38 meters per second. When Usain Bolt set the current 100 meter world record in 2009, Its average speed was 10.44 meters per second, that is, 37.58 km/h”, boasts the Premier League on its official website.
The fastest players in Premier League history
- Van de Ven (Tottenham) –> 37.38 km/h
- Kyle Walker (Manchester City) –> 37,31 km/h
- Chiedozie Ogbene (Luton Town) –> 36.93 km/h
- Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton) –> 36,86 km/h
- Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) –> 36.76 km/h
Van de Ven’s acceleration capacity, signed this summer in exchange for 40 million euros, plays a key role in Tottenham’s risky staging, used to playing with the line very forward. He is very difficult to overcome both in height – he measures 1.93 meters – and in depth. In fact, last season, in the Bundesliga, He was the sixth player with the highest percentage of aborted dribbles (71.8%). “Because of the way we play, we need Van de Ven’s speed,” admits Ange Postecoglou.
The way we play we need Van de Ven’s speed
Ange Postecoglou
The best pass success rate in the Premier
Van de Ven does not stand out only for his top speed. With the ball at his feet he is a sure thing. The Dutch international – he debuted with the ‘Oranje’ in October against France – It has the highest passing success rate in the entire Premier League: 94.7%.
“It’s very fun to play football at Tottenham. There are players who don’t like playing with the ball. They are very afraid of losing it. But the coach insists: ‘If you lose the ball, try again and again.’ If we lose it, he takes responsibility. He prefers that we lose three balls in a row than that we hit the stands with a ball. Of course it’s risky, but Postecoglou gives us confidence to go out playing again and again,” the ‘Spurs’ centre-back recognized ‘The Guardian’.
Going out with the ball played from behind is risky, but the coach gives us confidence to do it again and again
Micky van de Ven
Ruben Jongkindstrategic advisor to FC Volendam, was one of the first to discover the ‘player’ that Van de Ven had inside: “There were still things to improve, but “We saw in him a defender ‘made in Cruyff’: he liked to take risks and, at the same time, he was incredibly fast.”
We saw in Van de Ven a defender ‘made in Cruyff’: he liked to take risks and, at the same time, he was incredibly fast
Ruben Jongkind
He almost hung up his boots at 18 years old
Van de Ven grew up in a small fishing village. “It’s really strange to see myself now playing in the Premier every week,” admits. And so much. The Tottenham defender, At 16 years old, he played as a forward and at 18 years old he thought about leaving.
“Sometimes I thought: ‘Why do I keep doing this?’. I thought about taking a year off in the hope of later being able to make the jump to professional football.. However, my father convinced me to continue. If I am where I am it is thanks to him,” he confessed in an interview with ‘NU’.
Sometimes I thought: ‘why do I keep doing this?’ I thought about taking a gap year in the hope of later being able to make the jump to professional football.
Micky van de Ven
His father was a secret agent
Marcel, as Micky’s father is called, had a very risky profession.: worked as a secret agent for years. He even wrote a book about it.
“My father has been through a lotbut he has always supported me, above all, mentally,” says Van de Ven, who flirted with tennis as a child.
Wim Jonk changed his career
The most tall football fans will surely remember, a Wim Jonk (Volendam, 1966). The Dutch international, former Ajax, Inter and PSG player, played a crucial role in Van de Ven’s career.
Van de Ven, alongside Jonk after being chosen ‘Best Talent’ of the second part of the Dutch Second Division in 2021.
“I went from playing as a forward to a defender, but even so, it didn’t seem like I could make it to the first team,” it states. With the arrival of Jonk to the Volendam bench in 2019 everything changed. The now Tottenham center back went from being discarded to signing his first professional contract and becoming captain.
“Sometimes you need a little luck to succeed. Other coaches were thinking, ‘I can’t do anything with this kid.’ Wim, on the other hand, said: ‘I can do something with it,’ says Van de Ven.
It was the ‘springboard’ I needed. Van de Ven became one of the best players of the ‘Keuken Kampioen’ (Dutch Second), He joined Mino Raiola’s cast of representatives and, already in the summer of 2021, signed for Wolfsburg in exchange for 10.5 million euros.
“It was an incredibly big leap,” he acknowledges. The data proves him right. In his first season, with Florian Kohfeldt on the bench, He only played five games for a total of 189′. “When I came home I didn’t want to talk about football,” he remembers.
The set changed completely with Niko Kovac on the bench. Last season he played 33 league games – he only missed one – and was chosen as Wolfsburg’s ‘Best Player’ in the first part of the season.: “It was a matter of perseverance. I have always believed in myself. I just needed a coach to bet on me.”
It was a matter of perseverance. I have always believed in myself. I just needed a coach to bet on me
Micky van de Ven
Now, in London, enjoy the complete trust of Postecoglou: “I spoke with Ange before coming. She told me: ‘If I bring you it’s to play.’ “It may not go well right away, but I know you have the quality.”
2024-02-07 05:40:42
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