{"id":1095948,"date":"2019-06-27T11:01:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T10:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1095948"},"modified":"2019-06-27T11:01:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T10:01:55","slug":"liverpool-sign-van-den-berg","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/liverpool-sign-van-den-berg\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool beat Bayern &#038; Ajax to signing of record-setting Eredivisie teen Sepp van den Berg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool have confirmed the signing Dutch starlet Sepp van den Berg from PEC Zwolle, subject to international clearance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old made 15 appearances in the Eredivisie last season and has joined Liverpool on a long-term contract.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who is Sepp van den Berg? Five key things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Age:<\/strong> 17<\/li>\n<li><strong>Position:<\/strong> Centre-back<\/li>\n<li><strong>Senior club apps:<\/strong> 22<\/li>\n<li><strong>International caps:<\/strong>\u00a04 (Under-19s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key stat:<\/strong>\u00a0At 16 years and 256 days old, Van den Berg became the youngest player ever to feature in 10 Eredivisie matches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7297812-kieran-tierney-s-move-to-arsenal-almost-makes-too-much-sense\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAPMKEV0UW28A\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Van den Berg has emerged as one of the most promising young players in the Netherlands having already made 22 senior appearances despite being just 17.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager, who becomes Liverpool&#8217;s first signing of the summer, has scored twice in four appearances for Holland&#8217;s Under-19s.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/liverpool-beat-bayern-munich-and-ajax-to-signing-of-dutch-teenage-defender-sepp-van-den-berg-d6r7z7zbg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> fought off competition from Bayern Munich and Ajax to sign the centre-back for \u00a31.5m.<\/p>\n<p>The club say Van den Berg has signed a long-term contract although the exact length of the deal isn&#8217;t mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Liverpool&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolfc.com\/news\/first-team\/354758-sepp-van-den-berg-first-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, Van den Berg admitted he was surprised when he first heard about the Reds&#8217; interest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nicolas Pe\u0301pe\u0301, Neymar, Kieran Tierney TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ve0iHjrDB8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I couldn\u2019t believe it, I thought it was a joke,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I was really happy and, to be honest, I was a little bit scared at first because such a big club had interest in me. 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