Last December in these columns we anticipated you the interest of Naples for the Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder, Georgiy Sudakov. A player who was watched several times live during the Champions League matches by the Azzurri scouts who are building the future of Aurelio De Laurentiis’ project even now alongside the new sporting director, Giovanni Manna. It is no secret that Sudakov is also in the sights of Juventus, but the Ukrainian midfielder has long been followed in every detail and secret by the Italian chief scout Maurizio Micheli and his men.
Who is Sudakov
Attacking midfielder born in 2002, he plays for Shakhtar Donetsk and was the driving force behind Ukraine in the European Championship. Until the semi-finals but that was enough to guarantee the Ukrainians a place at the Olympics. Now, the 21-year-old from Bryanka is an attacking midfielder, good at playing in a 4-2-3-1 behind the striker, but also as a midfielder or as an attacking winger on the left. Versatile, ambidextrous, from Metalist Kharkiv he then landed at Shakhtar at just seventeen and was among the protagonists of the historic Champions League victory against Real Madrid. Now he is one of the cornerstones of both the orange club and the national team.
Shevchenko’s coronation
On Rai’s microphones, in the 90th Minute program, the Ukrainian flag Andriy Shevchenko spoke about Sudakov himself, reserving special praise. “He is a very interesting player. He is dynamic, he can play different roles. I am not surprised that he is doing well in these two years, I called him three years ago to the national team for a pre-retreat with us before the European Championships and I also brought him He’s a great talent there, someone who could make an important leap in quality in the coming years, if he were to arrive in a big league like Italy, England or Spain. He’s very interesting as a footballer.
