A great future was predicted to him, but at the age of 25 Jeroen Lumu is clubless. The attacker realizes that as Willem II’s super talent he was unmanageable.
Lumu became the youngest debutant in the history of Willem II in 2012 at the age of sixteen. Barely two years later it was the end of the story in Tilburg because of its countless pranks. “Honestly, I was a tough guy,” Lumu said in an extensive interview with Football International. “You have problems, but I was really difficult.”
For example, Lumu regularly called his trainer Jurgen Streppel to wake up in the middle of the night. And when he was suspended after a red card against Telstar, he stayed away from training. Willem II sent the wing attacker away, after which, at the age of eighteen, Liverpool, among others, made contact.
“I was able to sign a six-year contract with Liverpool. I even had such a director of the club on the line,” said Lumu, who ultimately chose the Bulgarian Ludogorets. After adventures in Austria, Turkey, India, Romania, Portugal and Georgia, he is now clubless. “If I had been normal in my life, I would have just become the best of the best. But I can’t act normal, that’s my biggest problem.”
Frenkie
Lumu remembers that Frenkie de Jong played two years under him at Willem II. “I think he is one of the best midfielders in the world now. But at that time I was really the very best of the entire youth academy.”
“If I had the Frenkie mentality, I would be at Barcelona now. You know? You don’t have to say to Frenkie: Go to sleep on time of Frenkie just act normal! He does all that already. It works differently for me. If you tell me not to do something, I will. “
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