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Post by rugbytoffee on Nov 16, 2018 15:05:12 GMT
Davy Klaassen claims Sam Allardyce ended hopes of reviving his Everton career. Klaassen left Goodison Park in the summer to join Werder Bremen after failing to cement a regular first-team role since his £23.6 million arrival from Ajax.
The midfielder fell out of favour in the wake of Ronald Koeman’s sacking, making just five appearances under both Allardyce and caretaker David Unsworth.
But Klaassen believes Allardyce’s appointment signalled a death knell to his time at the Blues, despite previously making concessions about his short-lived spell.
“Unsworth is a fine guy, although he had different thoughts about football than I did, which he can,” he told Voetbal International.
“He did not find me physical enough to play his way of football. He had a theory that my technical qualities would be better if I were physically stronger.
“The logic of this escaped me a bit, but it was clear to me that I didn’t have to count on playing time.
“After a month, Sam Allardyce was appointed and from that moment on it was hopeless.”
He added: “I think no one at Everton can say that I didn’t do my best. And how difficult it sometimes was.
“The last few months I drove to the club knowing how much it would suck.” The 25-year-old also revealed how Allardyce’s replacement Marco Silva decided to call time on his Merseyside stint after just three sessions of Everton’s pre-season campaign.
“After three training sessions, the coach came to me and said that for my position he had confidence in others,” said Klaassen.
“It may sound crazy, but I was happy with the clarity of Everton. That is better than again entering into a hopeless battle.
“The step to Everton seemed, after my years of experience at Ajax, very logical. But that did not work out well. So doubts grew.”
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Post by rugbytoffee on May 12, 2022 10:34:53 GMT
Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen has once again discussed how he endured something of a ‘culture shock’ during his time on Merseyside. The Dutch midfielder joined Everton in a £24.3m deal from Ajax in July 2017 as part of a major rebuild by the Toffees that summer. He arrived at Goodison Park to much fanfare, with many hoping he could be a bit hit at the club after shining in both the Eredivisie and Europe for the Dutch giants. That did not happen, though, with Everton’s over recruitment of number tens meaning there was no place in the team for Klaassen. He would go on to make just 16 appearances for the club in total before being sold to Werder Bremen in July 2018. He’s regularly spoken about the miserable experience at Everton since and how his time abroad have given him plenty of lessons to use at Ajax, whom he re-signed for in October 2020, and he’s done so again in a chat with De Telegraaf. “First of all, abroad, you don’t have all your friends and family around you,” he told them. “To what extent soccer changes depends on club and league. At Everton, I really suffered from culture shock. If it’s not going well there, they hoof the ball forward. “Playing for prizes also brings a certain mentality. At Bayern Munich, where teammates (Gravenberch and Mazraoui, ed.) are linked to, it is comparable to Ajax, because here they also play for prizes with attacking, neat soccer. “The level is even higher. Such clubs can spend money faster for new players. It won’t be easy, but they have shown that they can compete at the highest level.” sportwitness.co.uk/
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