It seems that Toluca is determined to break the transfer market this summer. The Red Devils squad have two world-class strikers in their sights: Edinson Cavani and Luuk de Jong. The scarlet team will seek to return to the top places in Liga MX and is putting together a project, under the command of Ignacio Ambriz, to achieve this goal. According to various media outlets, the hiring of the Dutch striker, who was on loan at Barcelona last season, is the most feasible of the two.
These reports indicate that De Jong is willing to come to Mexican soccer and that he only needs to agree on the economic conditions to dress as Diablo Rojo. These are 10 things you didn’t know about Luuk de Jong, the reinforcement that Toluca yearns for:
Luuk De Jong started his professional career with DZC 68, a Dutch amateur team. His transition to professionalism was with De Graafschap.
His brother, Siem de Jong, is also a professional footballer. This also came from the basic forces of De Graafschap, but later made the jump to Ajax Amsterdam. He currently plays for Heerenveen.
In interviews, the Dutch striker has said that his football idol is the French striker Thierry Henry.
Although his best performance has been in the Netherlands, Luuk de Jong has tried his luck in Germany (Borussia Monchengladbach), England (Newcastle United) and Spain (Seville and Barcelona).
The striker represents the Dutch national team and has spent most of his life in that country, however, Luuk De Jong was born in Aigle, Switzerland.
In the 2018/19 season, the Dutch footballer won the title of top scorer in the Eredivisie with PSV Eindhoven. De Jong won the distinction with 28 goals for the season.
During his time at PSV Eindhoven, Luuk de Jong met the Mexicans Hirving Lozano and Erick Gutiérrez.
This is not the first time that Luuk de Jong’s name has sounded to reach Liga MX. In 2019, America made an attempt to hire him, but the hiring did not come to fruition. According to Miguel Herrera, azulcrema coach at the time, the Coapa team could easily cover the European’s claims, but he asked the Eagles for a six-month stay in Europe.
Luuk de Jong was brought to Barcelona by his compatriot Ronald Koeman. Upon Xavi’s arrival at Barcelona, ​​the Spanish strategist did not start with the Dutchman because his style of play was not compatible with Hernández’s idea. However, as the games went by, De Jong saved several points and became an important piece in the Blaugrana recovery.
“His work is extraordinary, he is a professional like the top of a pine tree. An example for the dressing room, of how he sacrifices and works. The work pays off. Depending on how you train, you will play and he has made the difference”, said Xavi Hernández about the discard that ended up resolving many shortcomings.
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