Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber reacts to transfer news out of Tottenham

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Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur will lock horns at least twice next season, more if they get drawn together in the domestic cups.

Both the Gunners and Spurs are likely to have young Dutch defenders in their ranks for the occasion too.

Arsenal have recently signed Netherlands defender Jurrien Timber, while Spurs have brought fellow Dutchman Micky van de Ven to N17.

The Gunners ace is already a fully-fledged international for the senior Oranje outfit, while the Spurs newcomer has played for the Under-21s.

Although Timber and Van de Ven haven’t played many games together, there still seems to be a good rapport between them.

This week has been busy for Tottenham on the transfer news front, as they announced the signings of Van de Ven and Alejo Veliz.

The Spurs newcomer took to Instagram to announce his delight at coming to the Premier League, and the Arsenal ace responded with an applause emoji in the comments.

Our view

With both Timber and Van de Ven hailing from the Netherlands, it’s natural to see some mutual respect between the two.

After all, both have made big moves to two top Premier League clubs in Arsenal and Tottenham. So there will always be congratulations and celebrations.

Surely it won’t be long before both of them are turning out regularly for the Netherlands at senior level too.

Obviously the niceties will end as soon as both step out onto the pitch in the North London derby, with so much at stake.