{"id":560197,"date":"2020-07-29T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T21:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=560197"},"modified":"2020-07-29T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T21:09:35","slug":"brighton-hove-albion-confirm-the-signing-of-joel-veltman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/29\/brighton-hove-albion-confirm-the-signing-of-joel-veltman\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton &#038; Hove Albion Confirm the Signing of Joel Veltman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> have confirmed the signing of defender <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dad4b285\/Joel-Veltman\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Veltman<\/a>, with the Dutchman signing a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<h2>Joel Veltman Joins Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/h2>\n<h3>A Coup for Brighton<\/h3>\n<p>The 28-year-old may prove to be an excellent signing for the Seagulls. He has joined for a fee in the region of \u00a3900,000, according to Andy Naylor of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyNaylorBHAFC\/status\/1288573036401238018\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Veltman, who has spent his entire career with Dutch club Ajax, can operate at both centre-back and at right-back.<\/p>\n<p>It may be at right-back where he gets his opportunity, following the departure of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/a6e316c1\/Ezequiel-Schelotto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ezequiel Schelotto<\/a>. Brighton are well-stocked at the heart of defence, while <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5cec2487\/Martin-Montoya\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Martin Montoya<\/a> is the only senior right-back.<\/p>\n<p>Having spent his entire career with Ajax, Veltman will bring a wealth of European experience to the club. He made 24 appearances last season, as Ajax won yet another league title.<\/p>\n<h3>What Was Said?<\/h3>\n<p>Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovealbion.com\/news\/1745401\/albion-make-dutch-international-their-second-summer-signing\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Brighton website<\/a>, manager Graham Potter said: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to welcome Joel to the club. He has terrific experience from his time with Ajax including the Champions League and, of course, with the Dutch national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s an excellent defender who can play at right-back and at centre half, but he\u2019s also comfortable in possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is really looking forward to the challenge of playing in the Premier League and we\u2019re delighted he is now a Brighton player and we\u2019re looking forward to working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Veltman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovealbion.com\/news\/1745473\/veltman-relishing-premier-league-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> added<\/a>: &#8220;I spoke with [Ajax chief executive and former Manchester United and Fulham goalkeeper] Edwin van der Sar about the Premier League and the tempo in all of the matches, it is similar to the Champions League. But that was four game in one season whereas the Premier League is all day every day. It will be different but I\u2019m looking forward to it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get started. I have seen a lot of Brighton games on TV and the Amex stadium looked amazing, but it is not until you see it yourself that you realise how good it is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe training facilities are fantastic too. The Dutch League finished in April, so it\u2019s been quite frustrating in the last few weeks not being able to train, but I\u2019m delighted to be a Seagulls player and looking forward to the challenge of my new challenge and the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"4MVOSRk_R0Nt4WPVmVqsaw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1198142403\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'4MVOSRk_R0Nt4WPVmVqsaw',sig:'wqH9k3W5tJJyZcFhT4ARM-nkQ4gcl-mZ7fbMP63F-cY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1198142403',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton &amp; Hove Albion have confirmed the signing of defender Joel Veltman, with the Dutchman signing a three-year deal. Joel Veltman Joins Brighton &amp; Hove Albion A Coup for Brighton The 28-year-old may prove to be an excellent signing for the Seagulls. He has joined for a fee in the region of \u00a3900,000, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2795,"featured_media":560200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1265,3,28],"tags":[560,926,6215,40,136],"class_list":["post-560197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-ajax","tag-brighton-and-hove-albion","tag-joel-veltman","tag-premier-league","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Ben Robinson, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}