{"id":43265,"date":"2025-08-04T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/43265\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T12:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T12:59:08","slug":"jimmy-floyd-hasselbaink-explains-why-jorrel-hato-is-a-top-signing-for-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/43265\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink explains why Jorrel Hato is a ‘top signing’ for Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has spoken very highly of his compatriot Jorrel Hato following the defender\u2019s move to Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> announced Hato<\/a>\u2018s arrival from Ajax on Sunday, with the Dutchman joining the club on a seven-year deal.<\/p>\n

Ajax wanted to keep Hato for another year<\/a>, but both he and the Club World Cup<\/a> winners had other ideas.<\/p>\n

Hasselbaink<\/a> could see another one of his countrymen move to Stamford Bridge<\/a> this summer, as Chelsea continue to be linked with RB Leipzig\u2019s Xavi Simons.<\/p>\n

\"JimmyPhoto by Plumb Images\/Leicester City FC via Getty ImagesJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink praises Jorrel Hato\u2019s competitiveness, hunger and desire to learn<\/p>\n

Hailing from the Netherlands, Hasselbaink knows a lot about the Dutch game so is very familiar with Hato.<\/p>\n

He thinks the left-back, who can also play at centre-back, will be a \u201cgreat addition\u201d to Enzo Maresca<\/a>\u2018s squad because of his competitiveness, hunger, desire to learn and much more.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Chelsea\u2019s official club website<\/a> about Hato, the former striker said: \u201cHe is a very good player with a good left foot. He was playing for Ajax at 17, he was in the Dutch squad at 19. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe is very competitive, very hungry, and he wants to learn. He is getting better all the time, and will be a great addition to the Chelsea squad<\/a>. It\u2019s a top signing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month, Hasselbaink also discussed another Chelsea player, Nicolas Jackson. Hasselbaink praised Jackson<\/a>, impressed with the 24-year-old\u2019s pressing and work rate.<\/p>\n

He may not be at Stamford Bridge for much longer, though, following Chelsea\u2019s acquisitions of Joao Pedro and Liam Delap. Their arrivals have seen him drop down the pecking order.<\/p>\n

Aston Villa could make a swoop for Jackson<\/a>, depending on what happens with Ollie Watkins, meaning that the Senegal international may not get a chance to play with Hato.<\/p>\n

\"JorrelPhoto by Chris Lee \u2013 Chelsea FC\/Chelsea FC via Getty ImagesWhat Jorrel Hato has said about move to Chelsea<\/p>\n

Hasselbaink is excited about Hato\u2019s switch to west London and, unsurprisingly, so is the Netherlands international himself. <\/p>\n

He told Chelsea\u2019s website<\/a>: \u201cI thought a lot about my future and wanted to take the next step in my career. Chelsea is the best place for me to do that so I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite still being just 19 years of age, Hato arrives at the Bridge with a good amount of experience. He finished his Ajax career having made more than 100 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n

Jorrel Hato\u2019s Ajax careerAppearancesGoalsAssistsYellow cardsRed cardsEredivisie7538120Europa League170160Europa League qualifying81020Conference League40000KNVB Cup70000Total11149200Via Transfermarkt<\/a><\/p>\n

All in all, Hato could prove to be very smart business by Chelsea, especially with Maresca having been in need of cover for Marc Cucurella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has spoken very highly of his compatriot Jorrel Hato following the defender\u2019s move to Chelsea.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,24847,21519,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-43265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-jimmy-floyd-hasselbaink","10":"tag-jorrel-hato","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}