The Italian high flight is broadly recognised as the most effective leagues on this planet, and its groups are capable of entice high expertise from different nations.
Scandinavian gamers have a historical past of success in Italy, with gamers like Michael and Brian Laudrup, Zlatan Ibrahimovich, and John Arne Riise all flying the flag for his or her respective nations.
Soccer followers all over the world shall be wanting on the Serie A squads to attempt to decide which crew seems to be strongest this season. Inter and Juventus are the bookmakers’ favourites at current, however sports activities betting skilled Edgar C Blakeslee advises customers to go looking for the most effective odds, with among the best accessible on this listing of Norwegian betting websites.
Wanting on the comings and goings over the summer season will assist, however a little bit of inside data from figuring out the highest Scandinavian stars at present plying their commerce in Italy may even be helpful.
A lot of Sweden’s present crop of Serie A stars appear to have a vivid future forward together with 21-year-old Roma full-back Samuel Dahl, 20-year-old Juventus defender Jonas Rouhi, and Empoli‘s 22-year-old ahead Emmanuel Ekong. A couple of extra established Swedes embody Jesper Karlsson, the 26-year-old attacking midfielder and winger who signed for Bologna in 2023 following a profitable spell at AZ within the Netherlands.
Towering centre-back Isak Hien is one other proficient Swedish star who moved to Atalanta from Hellas Verona in January 2024, whereas Udinese added skilled Sweden worldwide midfielder Jesper Karlström to their ranks.
It’s also value noting {that a} sure Maximilian Ibrahimovic performs for Milan, the identical membership that his father Zlatan starred for. Nevertheless, at solely 17 will probably be a couple of years earlier than he begins making his presence felt.
Serie A’s High Scandinavian Stars for the 2024-25 Season
Denmark additionally has a powerful presence in Serie A with Lazio ahead Gustav Isaksen, 6ft 6″ centre-back Thomas Thiesson Kristensen at Udinese, and Bologna’s Jens Odgaard. Odgaard spent a little bit of time at Inter in his youthful years however by no means featured within the first crew. A transfer to Sassuolo noticed him loaned out earlier than he moved to AZ in 2022. He returned to Italy in 2024, becoming a member of Bologna after a profitable mortgage spell.
Genoa at present have two Norwegians enjoying for them together with holding midfielder Morten Thorsby who loved a mortgage spell on the membership through the 2023-24 season earlier than the deal was made everlasting.
He’s joined in midfield by Emil Bohinen who’s the son of former Norway worldwide and Nottingham Forest, Blackburn, and Derby midfielder Lars. Bohinen was linked with a transfer to England with Leeds, Sheffield United, and Brighton , however he moved to CSKA Moscow earlier than heading to Salernitana and Genoa.
Ola Solbakken at present performs on mortgage at Empoli from Roma, whereas Noway worldwide right-back Marcus Pedersen is at present on mortgage at Torino from Feyenoord.
Scandinavian soccer is effectively represented all over the world, and its historical past of offering high expertise to Italy seems to be set to proceed for the foreseeable future.
