Nonetheless, the 120-kg Dutch freekick sensation has impressed. His popularity, generated through his largely through his Youtube videos, has even caught the attention of UK-based betting exchange Betfair. They incidentally are the online betting partners of Liverpool Football Club. This led to a training session of sorts where Liverpool’s Rickie Lambert, Fabio Borini, Mario Balotelli and Lazar Markovic attempted a number of freekicks alongside Bas van Velzen.
His talent and technique has sparked rumours of him courting offers from fitness specialists to get in shape and kick of a footballing career. While, hardly anything concrete has emerged on any developments towards going professional, Bas’s popularity at this point, in only going up!
A number of his videos by the username vvbasvv on Youtube have garnered curious attention to his use of the knuckleball technique.
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