Vincent Janssen has joined Tottenham Hotspur from AZ Alkmaar. The 22-year-old admitted that he almost quit football after his spell at Feyenoord in 2011.
He wasn't able to make a first-team appearance at the club and was quite frustrated. His frustration led him almost to give up on football, when he left the club in 2013.
He declared:
"I liked football too much to quit it, but at that moment it was now or never.
"And if it wasn't going to be what I wanted, I had to make a choice. I said to myself: 'One time more I'm going to give everything for it', and you can see what can happen.
"My feeling at Feyenoord was not that good. I never felt really comfortable. Feyenoord made a choice at that moment and I made a choice to go on. Sometimes, it not always going how you want it to go is helpful.
"I was not feeling comfortable there, so I had to fight for myself. That's what I learned there. Sometimes when it doesn't go well, you have to fight. So that's what I did".
Janssen is happy with his new club:
"When I was first in Tottenham at the facilities, my conversation with the coach was very good. For me, the choice was easy.
"I always think to myself that I have to do choices by 100%, and for me it was a 100% choice".