Fred Rutten worked as an assistant coach at PSV between 2002 and 2004 with Arjen Robben and sees similarities with Noni Madueke, he says in conversation with the PSV. General Newspaper. The nineteen-year-old English wing attacker has started the season excellently and scored two goals in the 0-4 won match for the Johan Cruijff Scale against Ajax. Rutten states that Madueke can ‘accelerate’ during a dribble, just like Robben.
“What is beautiful and special about this player is how he can accelerate during a dribble. If you’re looking for something Madueke has in common with Arjen Robben at that age, it’s definitely that. There are more players who are gone very quickly on the first meters. But only a few can place another gear in gear with the ball at their foot. That’s a gift,” Rutten says. The currently clubless person emphasizes that the dribble and technique of Robben and Madueke is completely different.
“At Arjen it was actually very special. He kept the ball very close to him all the time. The first time you saw it, you always thought: it’s going to trip. But that never happened,” said Rutten. He remembers that Robben wanted to work extra on his touch every day after training. “Taking left and right, immediately turning away briefly, he has invested hours and hours in it.”
“Because he realized: at FC Groningen you don’t lose the ball immediately after a slightly less assumption in the small space. But at the level of PSV, yes. In ball assumptions there has to be an extra level,” continues the former trainer of FC Twente, PSV, Vitesse and Feyenoord, among others. “All in all, Madueke has a lot to offer to go far. His right foot is already very well developed, for example. You saw that against Ajax with his second goal.”
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