Tygo Land Has Been Compared to Frenkie de Jong For Years, But Has Not Yet Broken Through at PSV. Near His Birthplace of Peize, The Nineteen-Year-Old Top Talent Hopes to take the next step. “Just try to play Joey Veerman out of the starting lineup.”
The Same Broad Smile, But Especary The Good Passing, Elegant Dribbles and Excellent Insight. Land Has Been Compared to De Jong So Often in recent Years That Has Lost Count.
“I think it’s an Honor,” Says Land Duration a Press Moment or Juniors. “Or course you pick it up. But if you watch videos or me from under 11, you can see that I already play this way. At the time, people didnn’t Know Frenkie. I just have a certain playing style.”
Land Has Been Compared to De Jong Since He was Bought by PSV from sc Heerenveen at the Age of Sixteen, Reportedly for Around 700,000 euros. In Eindhoven, The Drenthe Native Played His way from the Under 19s to the selection of the first team within a year and a half.
But a definitive breakthrough did not materialize afterwards. Now that a role as a substitute seemed the maximum again this season, land decided to transfer to FC Groningen on Loan. “The Feeling of Playing a Lot Became Stronger and Stronger. I had to start making minees at the highest level.”
That land barely made those minutes in PSV’s first team, in his view, Cannot Be Seen SeParatey from the overall level at the reigning National Champion. In a Sense, He Became a Victim or PSV’s Successes in recent Seasons. “As a trainer, there is Little Reason to Change.”
In recent Seasons, Land Occasionally Got The Chance from Trainer Peter Bosz, Such As in January Against A B-Team of Liverpool in the Champions League. The Midfielder Played So Well That Bosz Decided Against His Original Plan To Let Him Stay On The Field For The Entire Match.
But Since That Match, Land Has Only Come on Twice. “After liverpool at home, I thought I had broken through somewhere. It was frustrating that other young players did come and you think: I can do this too. On the other hand: the trainer Could choose Vehyteupe as a a -toy Boy. “
So Far, Land Has Played Eleven Times in the First Team. But He Mainly Played with Young PSV in the Kitchen Champion Division, A Level He had outgrown for some time. “Maybe I would have wanted to be further along now. Also so it gets very fast in the first years.”
“Still, I don’t think the past year leg bad for my development. I trained with the first team duration the week. If you receive the ball incorrectly there, you lose it immediately. I probable learned more from training than from matches.”
At FC Groningen he can now make minutes at the Highest Level. Land Preferred the ‘Pride of the North’ To Several Other Eredivisie Clubs. “But I only wanted to be loaned out. My goal is to break through at psv. Now I Mainly Want to Gain Experience.”
Land will do that in a familiar Environment for Him. Hey Grew Up in the Drenthe Town of Peize, About A Twenty-Minute Drive from Groningen. His family and friends still live there.
“I am going to live at home for the next few fewer,” Says Land. “That’s nice. I moved to Noord-Brabant at the age of sixteen. Now I am close to my parental home and my family again, just like in the past. I think this is an environment in which I can develop.”
The Question is Whether it will lead to a de Jong scenario. The FC Barcelona Midfielder also First Played for Several Years in The Kitchen Champion Division (for Young Ajax) Before Reaching the Absolute Top. “It would be great if i ever get close to frenkie,” Says land. “But I prefer to follow my own path.”
“It was FC Kees Smit and We Were Allowed to Play Along,” Land Jokes. “No, kees remained very sober about it, just though we Sometimes made jokes about it. I have leg playing with Kees in the Dutch Youth Teams for Several Years. A very nice guy.”