{"id":135580,"date":"2023-12-16T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=135580"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:10:02","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:10:02","slug":"liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DIRK Kuyt has revealed he snubbed a move on deadline day to a Premier League club before he became a Liverpool legend.<\/p>\n<p>Kuyt, now 43, was signed by the Reds for a fee of around \u00a39million in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2011-liverpools-dirk-kuyt-right-5048865-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coach-dirk-kuyt-ado-den-855127231.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>However, a year before he could have been turning out for a different club.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch forward claimed that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy tried to convince him to join Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Levy made the call on transfer deadline day, and urged him to make the switch.<\/p>\n<p>But Kuyt decided against the move because he didn&#x27;t want to leave Feyenoord without a replacement.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more football news<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TOB-PP-COMBO-6.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TOB-PP-COMBO-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TOB-PP-COMBO-6.jpg\"><\/picture><span>POWER UP <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a340 in free bets when you stake \u00a310 with Paddy Power<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24786636-1700411780458.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24786636-1700411780458.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24786636-1700411780458.jpg\"><\/picture><span>MIC DROP <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I starred with Richards at Man City but retired at 25 to be assistant head teacher<\/h3>\n<p>One year before I left for Liverpool, I was able to go to Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the transfer market\u201d, Kuyt told the\u00a0KieftJansenEgmondGijp\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpurs chairman Daniel Levy called, he wanted me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought that was a very strange moment to leave Feyenoord behind. Leaving Feyenoord without a striker, albeit with a bag of money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen [agent] Rob Jansen and I decided together not to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Football<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/jb-lutonlockyer-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>LOCKYER SCARE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Bournemouth vs Luton abandoned after Lockyer collapses in troubling scenes<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dk-delia-16dec_COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>DELIA DANGER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Delia Smith looks shaken after yobs hurl cans and flares at her car at Ipswich<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2010-london-england-bbc-worldwide-852588559-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>SHOW&#8217;S OVER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>BBC axes legendary sports show after 50 years on screens<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/dk-kyle-walker_COMP-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>PILE WALKER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Kyle fumes as neighbour dumps tons of soil which slid down on his footie pitch<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kuyt played for Liverpool until 2012, appearing 286 times and scoring 71 goals.<\/p>\n<p>He quickly became a fans&#x27; favourite because of his work ethic.<\/p>\n<p>However, his stay at Liverpool wasn&#x27;t trophy-laden &#8211; winning just the EFL Cup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CASINO SPECIAL &#8211; BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He left for Fenerbahce, where he won the league and became a hero in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Kuyt spent his final playing years back at Feyenoord, helping the club win the Eredevisie in his last season as a professional.<\/p>\n<p>Today, he is still in football &#8211; and is the current boss of Turkish Super Lig side Konyaspor.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/25076554\/liverpool-dirk-kuyt-transfer-tottenham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIRK Kuyt has revealed he snubbed a move on deadline day to a Premier League club before he became a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun - bluemull<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun - bluemull\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DIRK Kuyt has revealed he snubbed a move on deadline day to a Premier League club before he became a&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bluemull\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-16T18:10:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2011-liverpools-dirk-kuyt-right-5048865-1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/\",\"name\":\"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun - bluemull\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-16T18:10:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-12-16T18:10:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lifestyle\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/category\/lifestyle\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/\",\"name\":\"bluemull\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun - bluemull","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun - bluemull","og_description":"DIRK Kuyt has revealed he snubbed a move on deadline day to a Premier League club before he became a&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/","og_site_name":"bluemull","article_published_time":"2023-12-16T18:10:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2011-liverpools-dirk-kuyt-right-5048865-1.jpg"}],"author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/","url":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/","name":"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun - bluemull","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-12-16T18:10:02+00:00","dateModified":"2023-12-16T18:10:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lifestyle","item":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/category\/lifestyle\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/","name":"bluemull","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135581,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135580\/revisions\/135581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}