Tuesday, 2nd July, 2013
Former Newcastle goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek has recalled his association with present Magpies custodian Tim Krul, and he insists that the Dutch international has shown how good he is.
Krul, 25, arrived at the Tyneside outfit in 2005 from his hometown club ADO Den Haag. The 6ft 4inches tall shot-stopper made his senior debut for the club in 2006 and since then he has gone on to make 106 appearances for the Magpies.
Srnicek – who played for Newcastle between 1991 and 1998, as well as in the 2006/07 season – recalled that he used to live with the Dutchman in the same house, and he felt that Krul was an interesting goalkeeper when he met him for the first time.
“I met Tim for the first time when I came back for the second spell and at that time he was a very interesting young goalkeeper coming through", Srniecek told Newcastle’s official site.
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"He was 17 at that time, training with the first team and getting some experience. I was coming to cover Steve Harper and Shay Given, and Tim was behind us.
"He came from Holland and we lived in the same house when I came back for that period, so I know Tim very well from that time.
"And he’s proven how good he is since then, which is great to see”, the former Czech Republic shot-stopper added.
Krul was ruled out for the final part of last season after he dislocated his shoulder during Newcastle’s clash with local rivals Sunderland in a Premier League game in April.
He nevertheless clocked up 31 appearances under Alan Pardew in the 2012/13 season, picking up seven clean sheets.
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