The young Kees Smit, an AZ Alkmaar player, is the great revelation of European football and everything suggests that he will leave for one of the big clubs on the old continent when the current season ends. In addition, there are two teams especially interested in having his services: Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Former Dutch footballers from both teams have been speaking out in recent days. Rafael Van der Vaart, a former Real Madrid player, is clear where the player will end up. “If he continues to progress like this, he will undoubtedly end up at Real Madrid or one of the biggest clubs in the world, which for me is Real Madrid,” he said.
For their part, in the Barcelona environment, the enormous Blaugrana connection with Dutch football is always remembered, since Johan Cruyff arrived in Barcelona in the 1970s.
And what does the boy say? Kees Smit is already talking about Barcelona. He does so jokingly, but the wink is there. The young Dutch pearl will celebrate in the Catalan capital the cup title won by his team, AZ Alkmaar, which is why the player wanted to joke about his future.
The 20-year-old is set to be a star at European level. So much so that the big clubs in Europe are starting to focus on him. Barcelona could be one of them, although it is true that the figures being talked about are somewhat far from the Catalan club’s economy (around 50 million euros). However, signals are being sent from the player’s entourage.
Ronald Koeman, who said that he is “a player for Barca” and defined him as “a mix between De Jong and Pedri”. The midfielder, meanwhile, celebrates the success achieved by his team a few days ago. A title that they will celebrate in Barcelona and that is why he wanted to joke about this trip.
If I’m asked to negotiate, I’m more than willing to do so. Of course, I have time for that
“If they ask me to negotiate, I am totally willing to do so. Of course, I have time for it,” Smit told ESPN while celebrating his cup title. “It’s the only way to celebrate with the group for a while, but then we have two more games. We will have a great time there,” he said about the trip to Barcelona.
The Dutch Cup is their first major success and they want to celebrate it, but with their feet on the ground: “Ideally, we would like to party like this every week, but unfortunately it is not possible. It is also time to get back to normal for a while. We enjoyed ourselves a lot these last few days. We still have three games left, so let’s get back to normal.”
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