With Strahinja Pavlovic ready to become a new Milan player, the Serbian colony in Serie A is growing: the defender will join Luka Jovic in red and black and will bring the number of players in the top Italian league to 15. This is the list:
Mihajlo Ilic (Bologna)
Boris Radunovich (Cagliari)
Darko Lazović (Hellas Verona)
Stefan Mitrovic (Hellas Verona)
Philip Stankovic (Inter)
Philip Kostic (Juventus)
Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)
Luka Jović (Milan)
Strahinja Pavlovic (Milan, waiting for the official announcement)
Matias Popovic (Naples)
Mile Svilar (Rome)
Ivan Ilyich (Turin)
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (Turin)
Nemanja Radonjić (Turin)
Lazar Samardzic (Udinese)
Extending the discussion to all foreigners in Italy, the dominance is firmly held by France, which currently has 37 players in Serie A teams. Argentina follows with 24, Spain with 20 and the trio of Holland, Portugal and Poland with 16. At 15 like Serbia is Brazil, immediately below Croatia with 12.
In the World Cup in Qatar, without Italy, the most “Italian” team was Serbia with 11 players who played in our championship, while at Euro 2024 the number dropped to 7. But what leads Italian clubs to choose Serbian players? The quality/price ratio is among the best in absolute terms. The country continuously churns out talents who, if taken already in their homeland, can arrive for an affordable price. In addition, the notable ability to adapt and the speed in learning the language: speak with Bora Milutinović And Dragan Stojkovic and even now, after more than 30 years from a very brief Italian experience, they will answer you in our language. Some over the years have become adoptive Italians, like Vujadin Boskov, Sinisa Mihajlovic, Dejan Stankovic. The only drawback is the non-EU status. Performance, on the other hand, rarely betrays.