Dejan Kulusevski leaves Tottenham: Swedish trequartista returns to Serie A, there is a clue as to which jersey he will wear
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“There is no player like him on the roster and without him everyone will have to take some extra responsibility.” These were the words of Ante Postecoglu, no more than a few months ago and referring to Dejan Kulusevski. The Swedish trequartista – who can also play outside if necessary – is a fundamental and indispensable player for the Australian coach and for Tottenham.
And the numbers certify it too: without him on the pitch, Tottenham has picked up only one win, in the Europa League round of 16. In the Premier League, on the other hand, the team has literally collapsed to 14th position, which is unlikely to give them a chance of achieving European qualification ahead of next season.
The season for Spurs has been decidedly unfortunate, partly due to a few too many injuries that have limited the choices available to the coach. With cup qualification a de facto mirage, the only hope of playing them next season is to try to win the Europa League, without Kulusevski who is recovering from his foot problem.
The Swede, for sure, has been one of the few happy notes of the season for the London club. Exponential growth for the Swede, who in 27 Premier League matches has seven goals and four assists to his credit. Dejan is undoubtedly a top player now that Tottenham could hardly retain in the face of a level offer but also and especially in case the London club does not play in the European cups next season.
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Kulusevski is bound to Tottenham by a contract until June 2028 but several teams had already shown interest in him in the past. one of them being AC Milan, which had also inquired about the player. The Rossoneri have not gone any further but it is not certain that they will return to the assault in the summer.
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What is certain is that Tottenham is an expensive store and does not sell out its players. Spurs, two seasons ago, spent 33 million euros plus 3 in bonuses to buy him from Juve and at the moment they need at least 50 million to wrest him from the London club. Milan could come back to the charge again and a chance the Italian clubs could have only if it was the player himself who pushed for his transfer.
Yes, plural of obligation because there is not only Milan on his trail. The Rossoneri next season will have two no small weapons: Max Allegri on the bench and Paratici as ds, the two main candidates for the missing roles at Milanello. The Livorno coach coached him in his Juventus days while the manager is the one who wanted him in London almost at any cost.
Two very important sponsors that would put Milan in pole position to land the player. There is, however, a definitely big and imposing “but.” Another club also has very important sponsors. We refer to Napoli, there where there is Giovanni Manna ds who knows the player very well from his Juve days.
And on the bench is Antonio Conte, the coach who coached him in London and impressed the midfielder in no small way. “Honestly there is so much difference between Conte and Allegri: without saying who is better between the two, because they both won, they are different idea of soccer and work. Here you work much more,” Kulusevski admitted after his move to Tottenham and the discovery of the Salento man’s working methods.
Conte is already working on next season with Napoli having to fight for the Scudetto and Champions League and the big target to reinforce the offensive department could be Kulusevski himself.
