Worrying comments from Danish youth player?

[Frankie-Peter Taylor]

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12691/8756806/Transfer-News-Stefan-Gartenmann-snubs-Fulham-for-Heerenveen

FC Roskilde youngster Stefan Gartenmann has turned down an offer from Fulham and will instead sign for Heerenveen.

The Cottagers were impressed with the potential shown by the 16-year-old Danish defender and offered him the chance to join their academy.

However, Gartenmann says he opted to join Dutch side Heerenveen instead as he feels they will offer him a better chance to develop.

The Denmark Under-16 international will officially join the Eredivisie outfit, who are managed by Dutch legend Marco van Basten, on July 1.

"I don't mind the competition for places but I felt that Heerenveen were more interested in developing me as a person as opposed to Fulham where I felt like just another name in the bunch," Gartenmann told BT.

"The fact that the road to first-team football is shorter in Heerenveen had a lot of weight to it and their youth setup is also very competitive. So I'll be training with some of the best young talent on a daily basis."

[Danitar]

Don't worry about. The youth always have better opportunities in the Dutch league and they've probably said to him you'll be able to play in the first team in the second half of the season so that's what's probably got him. Who wants to play in the dutch league anyway.

[sipwell]

Danes traditionally like the Dutch competition. I think almost all of their top tier players have passed through the Dutch league first or are still there. Ajax currently has 5 Danes in its A-team... Additionally, Heerenveen is not that far from Denmark!

[JBH]

Not worrying at all, he obviously felt that 1st team football would come quicker at Heerenveen and prehaps he didn't fancy the competition for places at FFC

[Buffalo76]

You win some you lose some. Plenty more fish in the sea. We just move on.