DBasia.news – Juventus successfully completed the transfer of Dejan Kulusevski from Atalanta. He became the fifth player to come from Sweden and strengthen the Bianconeri.
Before Dejan Kulusevski, Juventus had brought four Swedish players. The four players are Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Albin Ekdal, Olof Mellberg, and Kurt Hamrin.
Unfortunately, not all of these players did not have a good career at Juventus. Of the four, only Zlatan Ibrahimovic who reaped success in Turin.
Kurt Hamrin only defended Juventus for one season, before finally being loaned to Padova. Hamrin is even more shining when defending Fiorentina.
Likewise with Albin Ekdal and Olof Mellberg. Both one wore Juventus’ jersey for one season before being sold or loaned.
Just like Dejan Kulusevski, Albin Ekdal is also said to be the future player of Sweden. In 2008, Ekdal chose Juventus over Chelsea and Inter Milan.
As a result, Albin Ekdal was immediately loaned to Siena by Juventus. Afterwards, Ekdal became a joint possession of I Bianconeri with a number of clubs before moving to Hamburg.
At the same time, Juventus also recruited Olof Mellberg. At that time La Vecchia Signora recruited Mellberg for free after his contract at Aston Villa ended.
Olof Mellberg had a pretty good career while defending Aston Villa. The Villans supporters regarded Mellberg as one of their best players.
In fact, one season after defending Juventus, Olof Mellberg was immediately sold. Olympiacos brought him in after paying 2.5 million euros.
Of course, the rocky history with the Swede has made a number of Juventus supporters worried. Moreover, the amount of money spent by I Bianconeri is not small.
Juventus paid 35 million euros to secure Dejan Kulusevski’s signature. However, after that they immediately lent him to Parma until the end of the 2019-2020 season.
If he fails to show his best performance, it is possible that Dejan Kulusevski will suffer the same fate as Albin Ekdal. Worth waiting for, can Kulusevski break the curse of the Swede from Juventus?