And finally it arrives Huijsen. It could be the title of a new TV series or a cinepanettone-style comedy. Ultimately, that’s the period, even if the holidays are over. The period is that of the January transfer market, the moment in which teams shore up their departments, fix difficult situations, repair summer mistakes.
The Roma, in the end, he bet on him to have a more defensive name. After having liquidated Bonucci and having experienced the difficulty of arriving at other names, the deal with the Juventus for Huijsen’s onerous loan (650 thousand euros until June, discount in case of 10 appearances) it was the only way forward. So among unknowns, criticisms and question marks let’s try to discover the roots of the Dutch defender. Someone who at 18 has already played in three different countries.
Huijsen with the Juventus shirt. Photo Source: Juventus24news
A family matter
“I always tell him that I was stronger, to make him cheer up. I have more caps for the national team, in the Eredivisie and I have played with some phenomena. The reality is different: he is better, but I will never admit it”. That’s how it speaks Donny Huijsen, the other footballer at home, the dad. A career in the Eredivisie, the youth teams in the Ajax of the phenomena, to cut his teeth among Seedorf e Kluivert. A heavy nickname: “Maradona”. A promise of football. An unfulfilled promise: contacts with criminals Willem Holleeder and Cor van Hout, Amsterdam nightclubs, a conviction and then an acquittal in 2006 for cocaine trafficking.
We needed a change of scenery, starting from scratch. Huijsen’s family then packs their bags and leaves. Direction: Spain, Malaga precisely. The young Dean is here starting to play, with the shirt of Cosa Unida CF of Marbella, before moving to Malaga’s youth team in the summer of 2015, aged 10. “My father sometimes gives advice. Obviously he knows what bothers defenders. He also tries to protect me from the mistakes he has made”. And it is thanks to his father’s teachings, to an above-average physique (over 1.95) and also to the constant presence of his agent, Ale Santistebanwhich Huijsen takes flight.
Huijsen’s debut in Serie A. Photo Source: Calciomercato.com
Huijsen, tra Real Madrid, Juventus e Mourinho
The summer of 2021 is the turning point. He knocks on Malaga’s door Sevillewith an attractive offer, but in the end the challenge is between Real Madrid e Juventus. “I think that in Italy you can learn something more by playing defense. It’s a better competition, with a great level. In Spain, however, this is not the case”. In black and white he finds Matthijs de Ligtbut in reality his myth is another: “My favorite is Virgil van Dijk”. Huijsen has clear ideas, in short. Like when a few days ago he decided to blow up the agreement, practically done, between Juventus and Frosinone to go to José Mourinho’s court.
Now Roma will have to fight. The boy arrives as the last choice, in a defensive package that counts alone Llorente e Mancini role, with Celik, Cristante and Kristensen adapted, Smalling out until who knows when and I’m sorry involved in the African Cup of Nations. Huijsen’s chances if he has to conquer them tooth and nail. But we are sure that he will know how to do it.