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Extended Clip - Udinese & Slovenia Star Sandi Lovrić On Wonderkids Samardzic, Pafundi, Udogie & Premier League Future (Ep. 378) image

Extended Clip - Udinese & Slovenia Star Sandi Lovrić On Wonderkids Samardzic, Pafundi, Udogie & Premier League Future (Ep. 378)

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Udinese and Slovenia international midfielder Sandi Lovrić reveals how good Serbia star Lazar Samardzic is, the potential of Italy wonderkid Simone Pafundi, how highly he rates Tottenham star Destiny Udogie as well as his hopes of one day playing in the Premier League in an exclusive interview with Nima Tavallaey and Carlo Garganese.

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Transcript

Introduction to Italian Football Podcast

00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome to the Italian football podcast.

Lazar's Talent and Growth

00:00:05
Speaker
How special a talent is Lazar? How good do you think he can become?
00:00:11
Speaker
I think he has already shown his massive talent on the pitch and of course he's also still young, still time to improve, to get better, to show even more his talent but I think when he has the ball on his feet you can see the quality, you can see the feeling on the ball and this is really something special.
00:00:36
Speaker
Yeah, it certainly is.

Spotlight on Simone Pafundi

00:00:38
Speaker
And one other big young talent at Udenezer, who's only 17 years old, is Simone Pafundi. He didn't play so much under Sotil, but I mean, how talented is Pafundi, do you think?

Pafundi's Future in Serie A

00:00:51
Speaker
Very talented also, and maybe we haven't seen him yet so much in the game, but when you see him on training, you see the quality, how he moves, how he also handles the balance. It's something that
00:01:07
Speaker
not many players have these movements. I think in the next couple of years he will be for sure, let's say, one of the main players in the Serie A.

Destiny Udogie's Premier League Impact

00:01:25
Speaker
One of your former teammates, Destiny Udoji, has been one of the best players in the Premier League this season. Do you still follow his performances in the Premier League? And did you always expect him to be as good as he's been for Tottenham? Yes. I would say he's crazy, crazy, crazy quality.
00:01:48
Speaker
We saw it already here in Udina, even when you can train with players like this every day, you see the quality, the strength, the technique, the power that he has. And I'm really happy for him that he's showing this also in the Premier League. Of course, I'm watching the games. I think Tottenham now has an incredible season and they play fantastic football. Yes, you can see
00:02:17
Speaker
You saw also that he is on another level. You certainly did.

Ambitions Toward the Premier League

00:02:25
Speaker
Would you like to play in the Premier League one day and what other ambitions and targets do you have for your future?
00:02:33
Speaker
Of course, I think the Premier League is the aim for every player in the world because it's the best league in the world and it's for sure, it's an aim to be there. Everybody knows that you have to be very good to be there, you have to work very hard and of course now I'm 25 years old and I
00:03:02
Speaker
I hope that one day I will also join the Premier League, of course.