Wim Jonk brings Carel Eiting to FC Volendam | Football

sport">On the basis of Jonk, who prepared players such as Eiting, Frenkie de Jong, Donny van de Beek and Matthijs de Ligt in Amsterdam for the European top, the midfielder will make minutes. Injuries and later bad luck in his club choices meant that his playing time was limited in the past three seasons at Racing Genk and Huddersfield Town.

sport">The former player of Jong Oranje was previously associated with FC Volendam, but in recent days there has only been serious talk about a commitment. FC Utrecht and Fortuna Dusseldorf also showed interest, but Eiting’s choice fell on the reunion with Jonk.

sport">“I am really looking forward to playing for FC Volendam. A club with many ambitions and great growth potential. I have a lot of confidence in Jonk and his team. I think their philosophy about football suits me perfectly and I’m sure I can develop further with them,” Eiting said on his new club’s website.

sport">Technical director Jasper van Leeuwen is delighted with Eiting’s arrival. „Carel is not only a good acquaintance from our Ajax time, also on a human level there has always been contact and a special bond. It is of course undisputed that Carel is an enormous reinforcement for Volendam, explanation seems superfluous to me. The fact that he chooses this out-of-the-box challenge from many options says a lot about his personality.”

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sport">Van Leeuwen continues: “Carel thinks things through very carefully and his conclusion is that in this environment he can fulfill the role that is tailor-made for him: that of the undisputed director, the playmaker who determines the rhythm and direction of the game. This makes him an important extension of Wim Jonk in the field. With his arrival, our team is gaining a lot of football brains and we are convinced that Carel can write an appealing new chapter here and take very nice steps from there.”

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