Fourteenth day of the adventure on German soil. The European Championship has reached the long-awaited final knockout stages, with the Italian national team ready to challenge Switzerland in the round of 16, to defend that unexpected title that arrived in 2021. Several selections start as favorites but, as often happens in this competition, you have to be careful of the underdog. Being summer EURO 2024 could prove to be a particularly interesting showcase for the transfer market. The editorial staff 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 Fonsecarespecting parameters and maintaining tactical coherence if possible. There will be fun until July 14, hoping to… pack our bags and go to Berlin. The fourteenth day opens with the challenges Switzerland-Italy and Germany-Denmark, but our focus today is on Germania–Denmark and a solution for the midfield: here it is Morten Hjulmand, an identikit from Devil.
Identity card
Name and surname: Morten Blom Due Hjulmand.
Place and date of birth: KastrupJune 25, 1999.
Nationality: Danish.
Role: midfielder.
Foot: right.
Club membership: Sporting Lisbona.
Previous clubs: Lecce, Admira Wacker Modling, Copenhagen.
Cost of the card: 40 million euros (Transfer market).
History
At the age of 17, the Copenhagen acquires his services, a club in which he spends 2 years (from 2016 to 2018) playing in the youth sector. In 2018 he receives a call from the Austrian team Admira Wacker Modling, where he made his debut in July playing the Austrian Cup. However, he made the real big leap a few days later, making his debut in the second major European competition (Europa League) against CSKA Sofia. His first season in the first team will not be bad: 32 appearances in total.
A few years later his level rises, but not that of the competition in which he will be called to play: in fact, in January 2021 he moves to Leccestill in Serie B at the time. He will have to wait another year, but in 2022 the Apulians win the championship and rise to A league, the Dane will be one of the most used players in the competition. In his first year in Serie A, Hjulmand was appointed captain of the Giallorossi and, together with the entire team, achieved safety at the end of the championship.
After his salvation, the interest in him from other teams grows, and in the summer of 2023 he moves to Sporting Lisbonawith whom he will win the championship at the end of the season.
Technical features
A real certainty for his national team: so far, in three matches played at EURO 2024 (all as a starter), he has scored a very important goal which allowed us to snatch a draw from the great English favourites.
In midfield he can play in different roles, from a low vertex in front of the defense (thanks to his physique and height he can master that role) to a mezzala (his physical resistance is remarkable, and he can often be used to cover many kilometers and still maintain a certain pace for the entire match). He is not a great goalscorer, but when needed he is there. To demonstrate what has been said there is the goal – mentioned above – againstEnglandwhich demonstrates the growing leadership acquired in the last year. Among his many qualities, Hjulmand does not fail even in his individual technique.
