Dirk Kuyt

Liverpool will win the Premier League title next year according to Dutchman Dirk Kuyt, a former Reds player.

Dirk Kuyt talked about Liverpool and the Premier League title in a chat with Stadium Astro alongside Arsenal legend Tony Adams. The ex-Dutch national team player believes that his former club will bounce back from a disappointing season in the Premier League. The Reds have not been able to defend the league title they won last season.

Ex-Liverpool attacker Dirk Kuyt also said that the Reds need a few signings to get back to the level of challenging Manchester City for the Premier League title. According to him, Liverpool need to strengthen their team in defence and in midfield.

Liverpool have not only been unable to fight to retain the league title they won last season, the Merseyside giants are also facing a big battle to qualify for Champions League football in the new season. They are seven points off Chelsea in the final Champions League spot after a run of two successive draws.

The Reds started the weekend in sixth place and four points behind the Blues but they are now seven points adrift and in seventh place after their game against Manchester United was called off. The game at the home of the Red Devils was postponed after the Old Trafford pitch was invaded by protesting Manchester United fans.

Liverpool moved from sixth to seventh place on the league table after Tottenham Hotspur beat Sheffield United 4-0 at home on Sunday night. The result took Spurs one point clear of Liverpool with the outstanding game at Manchester United still to be decided.

Significantly, the Reds are now seven points off Chelsea in the final Champions League slot after the Blues edged relegation threatened Fulham in the West London Derby. German attacker Kai Havertz scored both goals either side of the interval in a 2-0 win over the Cottagers.

As the transfer window draws closer and closer by the day, Liverpool fans continue to bite their fingers over the future of one of their best and favorite stars, Mohamed Salah. The Egypt international winger’s future at Anfield remains up in the air and it has left the Kop faithful worried.

Over the last months, there have been several reports suggesting that the former AS Roma forward will not be having a long stay at Liverpool anymore and has also been linked with a couple of clubs in Europe, especially Real Madrid.

The Los Blancos are said to be in the market for a new winger following the several troubles Eden Hazard is facing at the club, putting his own future at the Santiago Bernabeu up in the air as well. The Salah to Real Madrid links have gotten to Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt, who has disclosed that he would love for the winger to remain at the club for the long-term.
Speaking in a recent virtual interview with talkSPORT, Kuyt said Salah is a player he admires a lot and that while the club should do everything they can to keep him, he should also do his bit and commit his future to the Reds.

Kuyt said Liverpool need to return to the pinnacle of success and to do that, they need players like Salah who have the ability to ‘make things happen’.

A lot of Liverpool fans have gone on to react to Kuyt’s statement and have all said they would all want their Egyptian star to remain at the club to give them more chance of winning some more silverware for a couple of more years.

Salah was recently questioned about his real Madrid links and whether he would be interested in a move to Spain ahead of the Reds and Madrid clashing in the Champions League next week, but the player was coy on his response and said he still has a contract at Liverpool.

Ex-Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt is sure that Manchester United talisman Bruno Fernandes is the best player in his position at the moment. Dutchman Dirk Kuyt talked up Bruno Fernandes as the best player in the number ten role in a recent interview monitored by Metro. According to Dirk Kuyt, Bruno Fernandes is the one blocking the path of Donny Van De Beek and a starting spot in the Manchester United XI on a regular basis. Dirk Kuyt has seen his compatriot struggle for starts in a Manchester United shirt in his first season at the club especially in the Premier League. Donny Van De Beek was the biggest signing for Manchester United last summer on the financial end after he signed for the Red Devils for a transfer fee reported to be around £38m. Donny Van De Beek joined Manchester United from Dutch team Ajax Amsterdam, where he had been a regular. He was part of the youthful Ajax team that stunned European football watchers by reaching the Champions League semi-finals during the 2018/19 campaign. Donny Van De Beek could have played in the Europa League last 32 second leg clash with Real Sociedad on Thursday but he missed the game due to injury. Manchester United played out a goalless draw at home to Real Sociedad to seal a 4-0 aggregate win over the Spaniards having won the first leg away from home 4-0 last week Thursday. Donny Van De Beek is a major doubt for the huge Premier League clash at Chelsea on Sunday evening as a result of the same injury.

Dirk Kuyt revealed during his aforementioned interview that Donny Van De Beek has been unlucky to find himself in competition with Bruno Fernandes, who’s an untouchable in the Manchester United team. Bruno Fernandes has become a key player for Manchester United in his one-year stay at the club following his big money move from Sporting Lisbon of Portugal last year January. Bruno Fernandes has scored over 20 goals for his team in all competitions this term, including 15 goals in the Premier League. Only Mohamed Salah has more goals than Bruno Fernandes in the Premier League this season.

Ex-Liverpool attacker Dirk Kuyt has reportedly turned down the offer to nail down a managerial role for the first time in his new career in football management. This according to RTV Rijnmond as it was revealed that Dirk Kuyt has rejected the chance to become the manager of lower league team Dordrecht. Dordrecht plays their club football in the KeukenKampioenDivisie. Former Dutch national team star Dirk Kuyt is said to be holding out for a bigger managerial job than the one that was offered to him at Dordrecht.

Dirk Kuythas been a youth coach at Feyenoord of the Dutch Eredivisie for sometime and he had to take a break from the job towards the end of last year to cater to his children in the middle of a divorce from his wife. Earlier this week, Dirk Kuyt disclosed that he would be leaving his role at Feyenoord. The Ex-Liverpool attacker is certain that he’s ready to test the waters of management at the senior level rather than youth team football and his target is definitely to become a manager outside of Rotterdam. Continue reading DIRK KUYT TURNS DOWN COACHING ROLLE

Dutchman Dirk Kuyt was relatively a successful attacker who scored a lot of goals for his teams either on the international football scene or the club football scene. Dirk Kuyt enjoyed a playing career spanning two decades. His career as a professional football player started at Quick Boys in his native Holland and ended at the same club. After his playing career ended three years ago, Dirk Kuyt ventured into management but he had to quit last year to attend to his family. It was revealed that the Dutchman wants to be with his sons as he goes through divorce. Dirk Kuyt and his wife have decided to go their separate ways after many years together.

Dirk Kuyt started his career as a player at Quick Boys in 1998 and he went on to score three goals in his six league games. It turned out to be the first of his two spells. FC Utrecht signed Dirk Kuyt in 1998 and he scored 51 league goals in over a century of appearances. Dirk Kuyt played 160 times for FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisieduring his time at the club before his big move to Feyenoord in 2003. Feyenoord is widely regarded as the one of the top three clubs in the Dutch top flight. Ajax Amsterdam and PSV Eindhoven are the other clubs that make up the big three in the Netherlands. Continue reading DIRK KUYT: LEAGUE CAREER STATS REVEALED

Dutchman Dirk Kuyt built a reputation as one of the hardest working footballers on the pitch during his time at Premier League giants Liverpool. Kuyt, 40, spent the most time at Liverpool amongst the clubs he played for during his professional career which ended in 2017. This is despite spending two different spells at Feyenoord whom he left to sign for Liverpool in 2006 for an undisclosed fee. Here are three reasons why Dirk Kuyt became a hero at Liverpool:

1. His hattrickagainst Manchester United – Liverpool and Manchester United share a fierce rivalry dating back to many decades ago and for a Liverpool player to score three goals against Manchester United will always be special for the Reds fans and he also did it in a unique way. Nine years ago, Dirk Kuyt scored three goals from a combined distance of less than six years as Liverpool beat Manchester United 3-1 at home. Continue reading THREE REASONS KUYT BECAME LIVERPOOL HERO

Former Red star has said that the Jurgen Klopp men is a “perfect” team and could become the best team in Liverpool history. For him, Jurgen Klopp’s team is on the verge of becoming one of the best and most memorable in history.
Liverpool under Klopp won their first league title since 1990 following a brilliant dominant Premier League campaign. After taking charge at Anfield in 2015, Klopp named himself ‘the normal one,’ saying nothing has changed about him. The German has won Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, the Premier League, and Club World Cup since taking charge at Anfield.

Meanwhile, Dick Kuyt, who spent six years at Liverpool from 2006 to 2012 and scored in the 2007 Champions League final loss to AC Milan, has applauded Klopp’s great impact at the club. Kuyt answered “Absolutely,” to France Football, when asked if the Reds are a perfect side. “Everyone is in tune,” he added.
Continue reading KUYT- KLOPP’S TEAM COULD BE THE BEST IN HISTORY

Former footballer Jermaine Pennant said that Liverpool is in holiday mode as he was disappointed when the Reds failed to win against Arsenal. With the defeat, the record set by Manchester City to reach 100 points in a single season remains unbroken. On last month, they have been named champions when City lost their matchagainst Chelsea. This was their first title afterthree-decade of waiting for the title.

After winning the title they have lost terribly to the former champions Manchester City and in the home match, they have been tied with a drawn match against Burnley. Even though they have won the matches against Aston Villa and Brighton the defeat against Arsenal shows they have been slacking off since the title victory.
Continue reading Pennant isn’t happy with the loss against Arsenal and has implied that Reds are on holiday mode

Tottenham Hotspur winger Steven Bergwijn has heaped praise on manager Jose Mourinho and revealed that the Portuguese played a key role in luring him to the north London side. The Netherlands international joined Spurs from PSV Eindhoven during the winter transfer window and he managed to make an instant impression with a goal on debut against Manchester City as the club sealed a 2-0 win.

He has since added another two goals to his tally for the capital outfit and looks to have already become a favourite among the Spurs faithful. In a recent interview covered by the club’s official website, Bergwijn said that Mourinho has a good relationship with the players and appreciated his man-to-man management skills. Continue reading Steven Bergwijn heaps praise on Jose Mourinho’s management

ESPN FC pundit Craig Burley believes Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang should consider joining an elite club capable of winning the Champions League instead of Chelsea, who are under transition. The Gabon international has less than 14 months remaining on his existing contract with the Gunners and his reluctance to prolong his stay has led to the transfer speculation.

Inter Milan, Real Madrid and Barcelona have already been credited with an interest in his services of late, it has emerged that the Blues are also keen on pursuing him. Amidst this, Burley has advised Aubameyang to target trophies with bigger clubs rather than taking up a development project under Frank Lampard.
Continue reading Craig Burley urges Aubameyang to join better club than Chelsea