Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Hugo Lloris has hailed January signing Steven Bergwijn, per the club’s official website.
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The Netherlands international scored on his debut on Sunday, helping his new club to a 2-0 win over Manchester City.
He was signed for a reported £27m fee from PSV Eindhoven and Lloris was delighted with the impact of the 22-year-old.
He said: “What a goal. What a start.
“It’s not easy to come from a different league into the Premier League in terms of intensity, and to start against Manchester City… he did well, and he was decisive.
“It’s going to help him to get into the team, to get into the club, even the relationship with the fans here is going to be even greater in the future.
“But he couldn’t start in a better way.”
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Bergwijn was in superb form against City.
Football FanCast has previously outlined just how good the Dutchman was against Pep Guardiola’s men.
He was even told by manager Jose Mourinho to play through the pain barrier throughout the encounter and his goal was a genuinely superb finish, as he chested down a clipped ball into the box and fired a volley into the bottom corner.
Lloris, of course, is the club captain and knows all too well that first impressions matter; he has seen plenty of debutants come and go since joining the club in 2012.
Bergwijn has perhaps enjoyed one of the finest starts of any new acquisition.
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