Spurs’ Micky van de Ven: ‘I know it’s going to be chaos. But do your job’

The defender, inspired by pep talks from his detective father, has become one of Tottenham’s most indispensable players this season

Micky van de Ven’s father, Marcel, is well known in their native Netherlands for being one of the lead detectives on Hunted, the TV series in which the hunters (ie Marcel and his team) track down contestants who have gone on the run. Marcel got the gig for a reason. Previously, he had worked as an undercover agent for a unit based at a secret location that tackled the most notorious criminals in the country.

So when Marcel talks to his son, who has made such strides since his £34.5m transfer from Wolfsburg to Tottenham last summer, about the need to maintain a professional calm at all times, to accept the chaos that often rages around him and embrace it, he does so from a position of some authority. Continue reading...