Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 3:24 PM• Tom Rofekamp • Last update: 15:27

Perr Schuurs had the clubs to choose from this summer – and not the least. According to George Gardi, the agent who played a major role in his move from Ajax to Torino, the 22-year-old stopper also enjoyed strong interest from Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool. However, Schuurs was convinced that Torino was the right place to develop into ‘one of the best defenders in the world’.

After it became clear to Schuurs that he would end up on the second plan for the fifth season in a row, he opted to leave Ajax. The Limburger made the switch to Torino for nine million euros, which, however, for a long time thought he had no chance. “The first time the director mentioned his desire to buy Perr, I thought we were doing something impossible. Tottenham, Liverpool and PSG had already moved around by that time,” Gardi said. Tuttosport.

However, Schuurs saw Torino as an ideal follow-up destination, not least because technical director Davide Vagnati was eager to have him. “Vagnati had wanted Schuurs for six months. He came to Amsterdam twice, and showed Schuurs a conviction that was decisive. Urbano Cairo (chairman, ed.) and Vagnati have made a gigantic blow: it almost never happens that Ajax sells his players for this kind of money.”

Gardi thinks that his client will easily fill the shoes of Bremer, who switched to Juventus this summer to succeed Matthijs de Ligt. In fact: “The comparison with Bremer motivates Schuurs. I would even like to add that he himself becomes indispensable more quickly il Toro is going to make that the Brazilian did. Bremer needed two years, Schuurs will do that in a much shorter time.” Since his switch, the Dutchman has played three competition matches for Torino, in which he was allowed to start in the base each time. il Toro At that time, Schuurs had to watch from the bench.



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