Liverpool are still searching for a potential replacement for club legend Mohamed Salah.
Fans are growing frustrated with the lack of transfer business at Anfield so far this summer, with a new right winger still yet to be signed.
A move for Yan Diomande remains up in the air amid interest from Ligue 1 powerhouse PSG, but a transfer for Crysencio Summerville is being mooted across the media again, and former Liverpool man Dirk Kuyt has already claimed that his fellow countryman is a player who is ‘very difficult for the opponent’.
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Dirk Kuyt said Crysencio Summerville is a tough player to face
The ex-Dutch footballer was Summerville’s U19s coach at Feyenoord before he eventually moved to England and made a name for himself at Leeds United.
He is now on the books of West Ham United, and despite their difficult season, the winger did enough to earn a call-up for the Netherlands at this summer’s World Cup.
Ahead of the tournament kicking off for their country, Kuyt spoke about Summerville and explained why he is the type of player that defenders find it difficult to face.
Speaking to De Telegraaf in May of this year, the former Red said: “I am very happy for Cry. I still have contact with him occasionally.
“I think it is a good choice by Koeman. He is certainly a player who has something extra. Cry has a lot of speed and a certain erraticness in his game. Those types of players are also very difficult for the opponent.”
The 24-year-old scored seven and assisted five in 34 matches for the Hammers last season and may well be ready to make the step up to an elite team.
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Crysencio Summerville had one negative trait
He hasn’t always been the model professional, though, with Kuyt also explaining in an interview from February 2026 that the forward used to have a problem with being late.
Despite this, he still always backed the now Liverpool target to become a top player.
As per The Athletic, he said: “I tried to teach Cry what it took to reach that elite level. He was a top talent, but it was difficult for him because sometimes he’d arrive late for training, or not be 100 per cent in matches. I often told him, ‘You can get away with it now, but later in your career it could become a big problem’. Even then, I believed he could make it in the Premier League.
“I had that much faith and confidence in him. I kept drumming into Cry that if you are late outside the pitch, you are also late on it. He would always have that naughty smile when it would happen. That’s why I worked hard with him to change that behaviour, because his skill set is very rare. It was about making him aware it would be a shame if he let his talent go to waste.”
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