For Van Essen (20) this is nothing less than a dream come true, a football cliche full of life, but still. After an internship at PEC came to nothing, the attacker in Deventer now gets the chance. ,,I scored three times in a practice match last Tuesday and gave two assists, then they wanted me,’ beams Van Essen. “I had a good feeling about it. But I also had that after that internship at PEC, which unfortunately did not help. I’ve worked really hard for it, so it’s nice that it finally happened. I can play in under-21 for one more year and then I have to make the step to the first.”