Van den Berg joins Mainz on mortgage

Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg was formally unveiled as a brand new FSV Mainz 05 participant on Thursday night.

A switch rumored to be within the works earlier within the day didn’t take lengthy to be accomplished. FSV Mainz 05 revealed that they’d secured the providers Liverpool defender Sepp van den Berg on a one-year-loan association Thursday night. A Mainz press launch famous that “potentialities for an extended cooperation” had been included within the deal. Particulars on how this may increasingly work out weren’t instantly disclosed.

Van den Berg revealed in his signing assertion that he had been satisfied to affix the Rheinhessen after private talks with FSV coach Bo Svensson. Svensson himself and Mainz sporting director Martin Schmidt issued statements lauding the 21-year-old as a “main expertise” and thanked him for committing to die Nullfünfter regardless of curiosity from a number of different events.

“I had early talks with Mainz 05 and particularly with Bo Svensson,” van den Berg is quoted as saying on the membership’s web site, “I actually like the way in which he sees soccer and needs to play right here. Earlier than I got here right here, after all, I additionally spoke with Jürgen Klopp – he raved about Mainz and stated that I’ll really feel very snug right here.”

Van den Berg – who spent final season on mortgage at Schalke – must be the primary of two gamers from Schalke’s 2022/23 roster to signal on with Mainz within the coming days. RB Leipzig midfielder Tom Krauß, one other Schalke mortgage returnee, is predicted to be unveiled on the weekend on the newest.