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INTERVIEW WITH MARK FLEKKEN
The goalkeeper admits he learnt to play so impressively with his feet during his time in the academy at Roda in his native Holland, a skill he would later come to be renowned for and which attracted English top-flight Brentford to him in the summer of 2023.
“THEY WERE
BIG SHOES
TO FILL THE
MOMENT HE
LEFT AND THE
MOMENT THEY
WANTEDME
TO COME IN.”
CONFIDENT FLEKKEN
BRENTFORD AND DUTCH INTERNATIONAL GOALKEEPER MARK FLEKKEN MOVED TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE LAST SUMMER, FILLING THE VOID LEFT BY DAVID RAYA’S LOAN MOVE TO ARSENAL. AFTER LEARNING HIS TRADE IN GERMANY WITH ALEMANNIA AACHEN, GREUTHER FÜRTH, DUISBURG AND FREIBURG. LOOKS LIKE HE’S READY TO MAKE HIS MARK IN THE EPL.
WORDS MATTHEW RICE
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