Fifth day of the adventure on German soil. The European championship continues, with the Italian national team ready to defend that unexpected title that arrived in 2021. Since it is summer EURO 2024 it could prove to be a particularly interesting showcase for the transfer market. The editorial team of MilanPress.it he then proposes the column “A talent a day“, as happened at the World Cup in Qatar in 2022.
In these lines you will not read anything real regarding the market (or at least, at the time of writing the article), but real fantasies for the new Milan Of Paulo Fonseca, respecting parameters and maintaining tactical coherence if possible. From now until July 14th we will have fun, hoping to… close our bags and go to Berlin. This evening there is a match of incredible prospect: selecting a name between Türkiye And Georgia can be glimpsed in Ferdi Kadioglu an identikit from Devil.
THE FULL-BACK WITH THE NUMBER 10 FOOT
Identity card
Name and surname: Ferdi Kadioglu.
Place and date of birth: Arnhem, 7 October 1999.
Nationality: Türkiye.
Role: left back.
Foot: right.
Club membership: Fenerbahce.
Previous clubs: AZ 2000, ESA Arnhem, NEC Nijmegen.
Price of the card: 21 million euros (Transfermarkt).
History
Born and raised in the Netherlands, in Arnhem, he is the son of a Dutch mother and a Turkish father. This double possibility of his in the national football teams leads him to first choose the Oranje, making a series of youth sectors for the northern country. He also playedEuropean U21 for theHolland in 2021, and only on January 3, 2022 did he make the decision to continue his career with Türkiye (and on this choice the Fenerbahce gave a big hand).
His career is characterized above all by having spent years and years between Eredivisie and Dutch second division. The NEC brings him to the First Team, unfortunately in a very unfortunate season given the relegation in the same year (2017). Fortunately for Nijmegen, the club is now back in the top flight, while Kadioglu he chose to move to the yellow and blue in the summer of 2018.
The first parenthesis in Istanbul is just a transition. Ferdi arrives at Vader only to play in the U21 (a second team) for a whole season, coached among other things by the Dutchman Cocu, with whom he had a good feeling. Only since the 2019-20 season has he managed to find continuity in the starters, also finding the first goals. His growth was exponential from that moment on: even if the club decided to change coaches often, Kadioglu remains a key player for the various coaches.
He made his debut for the Turkish national team on 4 June 2022, and to date he can count 15 appearances with one goal: against Germany, but in a friendly. Among the various new features of the representative team, he is spoken of as a player available for any role. He was even tried as an attacking midfielder (and the AC Milan fans will remember Urby Emanuelson well…), not with great results. At international football level, we must mention the 31 appearances in competitions UEFAmostly divided between Europa League And Europa Conference League.
Already in the Rossoneri’s good graces, we have no longer heard of him in the transfer market due to his growth. In 2022, in fact, he was sought by Paolo Maldini And Frederic Massara to take the place of Fodé Ballo-Touré, then remained until last summer. He is now highly sought after by the big Europeans, but the Milan, as often happens, he showed himself ahead in the scouting field by contacting his father in unsuspecting times. Its expiration in 2026 may give rise to reflection on reasonable economic terms.
Technical features
Premise: we talk about this shot only and only in case Theo Hernandez should greet the Milanas a ready player like Kadioglu it shouldn’t start from reserve. In a certain sense, the Turk would be the perfect replacement for the Frenchman due to his quality in accelerating the ball at his feet, finishing from outside and the ability to play high tactically. He scores a lot, but not as a solo player: he loves team play, following the action perfectly without the ball.
With the hope that number 19 will remain with the Rossoneri, you can definitely count on the player Fenerbahce also for defensive substance. His versatility can also push him to the other flank (at Florenzi), but perhaps it still needs to be experimented as a central player. It strikes for its competitive wickedness, at the Gattusodespite not having a bodybuilder’s physique.
Part of a national revolution in quality of talent, Kadioglu guide the Türkiye together with the others Guler, Demiral, Yazici, Yildiz And Calhanoglu. It will be interesting, overall, to watch the selection of Vincenzo Montella because there is more than a few talents in the team… perhaps to be observed in a future issue of this column.
