By Tuttosport ( Italian Newspaper)
An goals, an assist and lots of fun. Dejan Kulusevski is truly a player regenerated at Tottenham with the care of Antonio Conte: he opens the new season in great shape against Southampton, a bit like he had closed the previous Premier League, when he scored a brace. And as always happens in these situations, Juventus fans let themselves go to regret for a sale - in January 2022 - judged a bit too hasty, for a player with great potential who, however, was unable to express himself at his best in the Juventus jersey. , also because of the technicians who did not put him in a position to do so. Conte, on the other hand, exalts it: «It can become a crack».
No use crying over spilled milk or im-
imagine that a player who leaves Juventus becomes poor. Indeed, Coman and Spinazzola, just to mention the latest cases, preceded Kulusevski in the pentimenti gallery. Behind the transfer of the Swede, on loan to Tottenham until 2023 for 10 million, then a redemption obligation is set at 35 million, as much as Juventus had paid for him from Atalanta, there is the sacrifice to get to Dusan Vlahovic: Juventus needed a striker in the January transfer market and had to give up Kulusevski (as well as Bentancur, who was also sold to Tottenham) to finance the attack on the Serbian striker Fiorentina.
After all, the Swede, who arrived at Juventus in the summer of 2020 after having amazed with the Parma shirt, in his first season in Serie A, immediately going into double figures with 10 goals and 8 assists, did not make it in Juventus as expected. . It is true that Maurizio Sarri wanted him, only to find Andrea Pirlo on the bench, moreover in his first experience as a coach. And so he found himself a bit off-putting, also because the Maestro tossed him in several positions on the pitch: the task he would have preferred to perform was that of a playmaker, but he overtook himself by playing from the left wing in 4-4-2, second striker alongside Cristiano Ronaldo, central midfield, right in the median. In the end, he plays 47 games, often starting from the bench, never finding the right place in the eleven game.
The following season, with the return of Massimiliano Allegri, the situation becomes more complicated: Kulusevski disappears completely from the radars of the owners with the Livorno coach who often prefers Bernardeschi as a right winger and in January he collects 27 appearances. Having landed in England, strongly addressed by Fabio Paratici, who had already bought him at Juventus, he seems to have found his own dimension at Tottenham, behind Kane and alongside Son: he feels the confidence of Conte and his team-mates to make the most of it. a condition that he did not find in Turin.
And after Kulusevski’s regret, there is also room for the Aaron Ramsey paradox. Juventus finally managed to terminate their contract with the Welsh midfielder at the end of July, paying him half of his salary in order to get rid of a player who spent more time in the infirmary than on the pitch in three Juventus seasons. And even when he played it cannot be said that he left his mark, collecting 70 appearances, 6 goals and 6 assists overall. Ramsey then joined Nice and, on his debut in Ligue 1, he immediately won the cover with a dream debut, scoring just 30 seconds after entering the field, signing the 1-1 against Toulouse. Amazement among Juventus fans, happiness for Ramsey who seems to have returned to the days of Woolwich. The disastrous adventure in black and white is archived, with no regrets on the part of anyone.