Van Dewen talks about jersey number: My best friend died when he was 15 years old, and he likes No. 37 the most

May 20th Spurs defender Van Dewen talked about why he chose the No. 37 jersey. He said that he chose such a number to commemorate a late friend.

Vandervin: "When I was 15, my best friend Dimitri died. He was very ill at the time and I always promised to make him proud.

He was a friend who had been playing football with me and the day before his death I promised him that I would work hard to be a professional player.

When I transferred to Tottenham, they said to me, 'You can choose these numbers as your jersey number'.

37 was vacant, which was Dimitri's favorite number when he was a child, and I immediately realized that 37 had to be my jersey number."