Sepp van den Berg has opened up on how he struggled after joining Liverpool in 2019 Sepp van den Berg has admitted he struggled a lot after joining Liverpool despite initially considering the move a dream come true. The Reds signed the Dutchman in a deal worth up to £4.4m from PEC Zwolle in July 2019.
But despite initially being with Jurgen Klopp ’s first team, the now 22-year-old was soon demoted to the Under-21s. The centre-back made four appearances during his first season at Anfield , only for two of them to come as part of academy sides in the absence of the first team, and never played a competitive match for the club again after February 2020. Van den Berg bounced back in emphatic fashion, impressing on loan at the likes of Preston North End and Mainz before completing a £25m move to Brentford in the summer.
And he has since established himself as first-choice for the Bees, making 11 appearances so far this season to date. But speaking in Brentford’s official matchday programme , he has opened up on just how difficult he found it at Liverpool after he stopped training with the first team squad. “I know I’m very privileged.
I’m living the dream,” Van den Berg said. “But it’s not always as easy as it looks. For example, when I first moved to Liverpool as a 17-year-old; looking back, it was very difficult.
I had some tough times there. “At first, I was training with the first team and everything was amazing, it couldn’t get any better. My dreams came.