Long interview with Sports Radio for the former Swiss player in Italy among others with Sampdoria, Marco Padalinoformer sports director and now talent scout for Lugano. Among the many topics touched upon, there is also the Swiss national team that will challenge Italy tomorrow at 18:00, with Murat Yakin’s team that has a very strong backbone at Bologna. “It is an important axis for the coach. And to think that in his debut with Hungary, Aebischer should not have played, then he scored and assisted and became a fixed point. Then there is Freuler and also Ndoye. I have known Dan since he was a kid, I have never managed to bring him to Lugano but he has great qualities…”
What role does it have? It seems that everything is still to be discovered
“He doesn’t have to have defensive tasks but he has improved a lot with Motta. He does great in the final part, he has to improve in finishing, he gets in front of goal many times and maybe he’s wasteful. But when he doesn’t have defensive tasks in a 4-3-3 He is perfect but to become an absolute player he must improve in both phases.”
As a market man, Ndoye is being talked about for Inter. He is considered a potential after Dumfries
“I honestly don’t see him as Dumfries. Denzel has a physical superiority in being able to do both phases even if he has less quality. However, he has more legs and can do the defensive phase as Inzaghi asks. I see Ndoye less inclined: if you put him on the defensive, you lose his offensive qualities. This season, however, he has only scored 1 goal and that is a fact to be put on the table and he must improve, he often makes the wrong choice and this penalises him. However, he is always, always there, the goal against Germany I hope gave him awareness of his own means”.
What are your thoughts on Sommer’s season?
“The idea of taking him by Inter was not received very enthusiastically but I was sure about this season. He has always been penalised by his height but he has incredible qualities, he even has the feet of a midfielder. I had no doubts, he has the personality to withstand the impact in a team that has to win”.
The career of the current Napoli sporting director, Giovanni Manna, also began with her in Lugano
“I played when he was team manager here, then he climbed the hierarchy and showed important qualities in reading the players. And in negotiations he is a phenomenon. He sees the players, recognizes the youngsters, he showed himself right away and knew from the beginning what he wanted to do. He is also a friend and I am happy for him…”.