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title: "Willems wanted to join “bigger club” in the summer – was that the real reason for his move?"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2019-09-07T08:00:12Z"
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# Willems wanted to join “bigger club” in the summer – was that the real reason for his move?

Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Marco Fabian has claimed that Jetro Willems left the German side as he wanted a move to a bigger club.

Fabian says that Willems spoke of his desire to leave whilst at Frankfurt, and says that the defender has a lot of potential to impress in the Premier League.

[As quoted by The Chronicle](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-united-transfer-jetro-willems-16870980), Fabian said this:

> Every time he wanted more so when he went to Eintracht, the first year was not the best year for him but after he started playing a lot and he showed his skills. He showed how he played, and everyone loved him.

> Afterwards, he started talking like before. He wanted more – ‘I want to go to a bigger club’ – and I think he has a good future. Right now, he is at a big club like Newcastle, and I think he wanted more for that reason. He worked a lot, and I think he can show how he can play for sure.

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### READ NEWCASTLE VERDICT

Whilst Newcastle may be a bigger club than Frankfurt in terms of their history, the German side are inarguably the better footballing side at the moment – having reached the semi-finals of the Europa League last season.

Willems often found himself behind Filip Kostic in the pecking order at Frankfurt, which may have been more of a determining factor in his decision to leave the club compared to wanting to join a “bigger club”.

Regardless of why he opted to sign for Newcastle, the defender has impressed in the last couple of games. His forward runs down the left have caused a lot of problems and he notched an assist for Yoshi Muto in Newcastle’s cup loss to Leicester.