When it came to picking the best young player of the season, Vijay Rahaman was torn in choosing 20-year-old Dejan Kulusevski.
It is rare that there are two genuinely outstanding young players in a football season, but that just speaks volume of the impact that Jeremie Boga and Dejan Kulusevski had. Only one can take the title, so at 20 compared to the Sassuolo man’s 23, the Swede gets the nod.
When it came to picking the best young player of the season, Vijay Rahaman was torn in choosing 20-year-old Dejan Kulusevski.
It is rare that there are two genuinely outstanding young players in a football season, but that just speaks volume of the impact that Jeremie Boga and Dejan Kulusevski had. Only one can take the title, so at 20 compared to the Sassuolo man’s 23, the Swede gets the nod.
Both wingers took their promising talent to the next level this past campaign. Blessed with endearing trickery to take on defenders, the speed to skip past the opposition markers and significantly turn that build up into an end product of hitting the back of the net, at times with the spectacular finish. Both players are a defender's nightmare.
Read the full feature as part of our 2019-20 Serie A Season Review here.