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Extended Clip - Who Is Rasmus Højlund? The ‘Danish Haaland’ At Atalanta
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Carlo Garganese and Nima Tavallaey do a profile deep dive on Atalanta's Danish wonderkid Rasmus Højlund, who is being compared to Manchester City's Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland.
This is an extended clip from this weeks free Monday episode of The Italian Football Podcast which is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google podcasts.
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Transcript
Welcome and Podcast Introduction
00:00:02
Speaker
Welcome to the Italian football podcast.
Rasmus Wieland's Comparison to Erling Haaland
00:00:05
Speaker
I want to talk about Rasmus Wieland. Is he the new Earl in Harland? Because this game, he was absolutely unplayable. He absolutely destroyed Lazio in
Predictions for Wieland as Serie A Breakout Star
00:00:16
Speaker
this game. And in 2023,
00:00:18
Speaker
He, I mean, I remember at the beginning of the year, we had, we had a question from, from one of our listeners, who's going to be the breakout star in the second half of the Serie A season. And I picked him. I picked Rasmus Huyland and I said, you know, I have no doubts at all. This guy's going to be, it's going to be a star of the future, whether it's right away or not. I'm not sure, but he's absolutely shown he's, he's ready already. And he's got five goals
Danish Haaland: Physical and Playing Traits
00:00:39
Speaker
in.
00:00:39
Speaker
in 2023 already, only just turned 20 this month at the beginning of February. He's been obviously been called the Danish Harland and there are some comparisons. He looks a little bit like him as Gasparini said, but he's built like a beast and he's six foot four. He still hasn't finished growing yet. I mean, he couldn't reach six foot five, six foot six maybe. He looks like he was growing in a lab like Harland was. He's left hooded like Harland. He's strong and quick like Harland.
Wieland's Rising Attention in Premier League and Serie A Clubs
00:01:09
Speaker
Gasparini said that he can run the 100 meters under 11 seconds, which obviously shows just how quick he is.
00:01:16
Speaker
And he's been linked with a lot of the big clubs, Premier League clubs, but also all of the big Serie A team teams. And against Lazio, he scored one, he went close on many occasions. And there was one moment in the match in particular that's gone viral where he just sprints through the center of the Lazio defense from the halfway line onto a one-on-one. And it was like the Lazio defenders were running in slow motion.
Technical Abilities and Potential Fit with Top Clubs
00:01:46
Speaker
running on the spot and he just zoomed through them and he missed the chance he should have put it away but he was he was absolutely fantastic and and I mean what what talent this this guy is Nimmer the thing that gets me is is the fact that he he is pretty technical as well he's big he's strong he's quick and
00:02:08
Speaker
they can't get near him. Like when he battles them for defenders, for the ball, he almost wins that all the time. They look like small children around him. They just can't get the ball off him. And he's a decently, he's got decent technique as well. So, I mean, you see, you know, I understand the Milan links. I understand the Napoli links. I, you know, if Oseman leaves and you have this guy,
00:02:34
Speaker
you know it seems like a natural step to go and Milan lacking a number nine as we've spoken about just before in the previous segment it's it does seem like this is the guy they should be going after but we also know that Atalanta know how to charge for their players and that's why they usually sell to Premier League clubs and the ones
Atalanta's System vs. Wieland's Individual Talent
00:02:56
Speaker
The criticism against Atalanta players outside of the Gasparini system is exactly that, that these players look amazing in the Atalanta system, from Gianluca Mancini to Gagliardini to Cristante and so on and so forth.
00:03:12
Speaker
I don't think this guy has any atalanta tax, as the kids say, at all. I think he is. He is the real deal. I think if he continues this development, we have a potential superstar on our hands. I really, really think so. He really impresses me every time I watch him.
00:03:29
Speaker
No, I agree. I agree, absolutely. As soon as I saw him, within 10 minutes, I've seen him in the first game. You can just tell with some players. You can tell straight away.
Wieland's Maturity and Performance Against Older Players
00:03:38
Speaker
To see someone at 19, he's just turned 20, but even in the first half of the season, to see someone at 19 years old,
00:03:45
Speaker
to see grown men 10 years his age and big guys just bouncing off him. But the way he protects the ball as well and just his all-round game. Even his right foot as well, he had a shot in the first half against Lazio where he sprinted from the halfway line from left to right and then did a daisy cut that went just wide with the keeper beaten.
Gasparini's Praise and Future Predictions for Wieland
00:04:08
Speaker
I'm just going to read out a quote from Gasparini. Huyland has the spirit, energy, intensity, but also the technical quality that is just remarkable. He still has so much margin for improvement. He has very similar characteristics to Harland, not just his face. Gasparini has actually said that as well. Considering his height, he has a low center of gravity and can move his legs very fast. I'm convinced it will have a great career. He just gets stronger every day.