Drink stopped De Sutter’s transfer to AZ

Before Tom De Sutter went to Anderlecht, also AZ Alkmaar was very interested. But the reason why they didn’t buy him had not only to do with his injury, but also with his attitude.

Last summer AZ made an offer on Tom, but that was rejected by Cercle Brugge. After his injury, AZ didn’t stop scouting him. Until one of the scouts saw him during his warming-up…

During that warming-up, De Sutter asked an employee of the team to bring him something to drink. The striker immediately got what he wanted, but barely drank of it. He spat out the water and threw his drink away. Louis Van Gaal, AZ – coach at the time, new enough and judged that De Sutter didn’t have the right attitude to play at his team.