The Gazzetta dello Sport on newsstands today offers a focus on central defenders in Europe.
It’s time for Holland, which offers several talents at very high levels. Van Dijk it is absolutely the best, probably in the world, but there are also De Vrij and De Ligt to hold the orange central flag high.
The future, however, seems to be all of the France. The transalpine talents are a flood. Leipzig, an expert in talent, took Upamecano (21 years) and Konatè (20) but also Mukiele (22), full back, can play in the middle. Schalke blew Todibo’s loan (20) from Barcelona to Milan. N’Dicka (20 years old) is already a pillar of the Eintracht. And then Diallo (23, Psg), Kamara (20, Marseille), Saliba (19, at St. Etienne, on loan from Arsenal). One would say: Italy is the past (Nesta, Cannavaro), Holland the present and France the future of the role. But we also have a tomorrow. Di Bastoni has said and we are waiting for two left-handed people from 2002, Christian Dalle Mura (Fiorentina) and Lorenzo Pirola (Inter), who have already shone at the Under 17 World Cup.
