Robin van Persie and Tahith Chong are two of the names who Tyrell Malacia has cited as inspirations since completing his £13million transfer to Manchester United.
But while the 22-year-old is following in the aforementioned pair's footsteps by signing for United after starting out at Feyenoord, ex- Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum is someone else who Malacia idolises, thanks to their shared Rotterdam roots.
Wijnaldum, nine years Malacia's senior and now at Paris Saint-Germain, spent seven years in Feyenoord's academy prior to joining fellow Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven in 2011, while the left-back has been representing his hometown club since the age of nine. Teaming up for the first time last year on the international stage, Malacia was able to get up close and personal to his fellow Feyenoord success story, finding that he and Wijnaldum were alike in more ways than their footballing background.
