Europa League final is coming soon, and TA posted a post to relive the past story of Tottenham center back Van Devin, the week that changed his career.

In April 2019, Wim Junker was preparing to return home. The midfield legend of Ajax and the Dutch national team is about to take over the hometown team Vorendan, and it was this team that started his career. Previously, Juncker's team worked with Cruyff in Ajax and rebuilt the youth training system according to the latter's unique philosophy. At this moment, he needed to know the young players he was about to coach, so he went to watch the performance of the Volendan U19 in the second division.

Although the team ranked at the bottom and the overall level did not meet expectations, a 18-year-old boy shook his eyes. Juncker immediately called the incoming technical director Jasper Van Levin to watch the game. When the next game of Volendan U19 was in the middle of the break, the two decision makers had reached a consensus that they had to sign with the teenager!

At that time, the club's old management evaluated Van Dewen as the fourth choice, and he had been notified that he needed to find another club for the 2019-20 season. During the game, a local agent kept asking which player would win the new contract. When Van Levin said Van Devin's name, the agent was shocked and "his chin was almost falling to the ground."

This week completely changed Van Dewen's fate. Within a few days, under the witness of his hometown hero Juncker, he signed a new contract with Volendan. Van Liewen recalled, "From that moment, a new chapter began."

Six years later, Van Dewen has grown into the most promising new generation of central defenders in European football.