As Tottenham Hotspur fullback Destiny Udogie has just joined the Italian national team to potentially make his debut for the Azzurri, the local media today features an interview with his agent.
Sport Italia managed to speak to Stefano Antonelli, who is rightfully quite proud of everything that has been happening in the player’s career.
The representative said that the national team can be the ‘peak’ for athletes, and the Tottenham fullback needs to understand how important that is.
“It’s the crowning achievement of many things. He’ll turn 21 on the 28th of November, he has almost 80 games in Serie A and in the Premier League he is 7 for 7. The football critics expected his call-up as if it were almost a foregone conclusion. Here, however, there is nothing taken for granted: when you get to the national team, you also get to touch the peak of your ambitions and objectives.
“It is an important goal, he knows who Spalletti is and he knows the coach’s way of playing. He’s looking forward to representing Italy. With all the calmness, now that he has arrived there he will have to prove that he deserves it.”
Tottenham spent €18m to sign Udogie from Udinese in the summer of 2022, letting him stay loaned to the Serie A side for a full season.
The fullback completed the move this summer and right away won a starting spot under Ange Postecoglou, having started in all of Spurs’ eight Premier League clashes which sees them at the top of the table so far.
Making his debut for Italy at the age of 20 will certainly mean a lot for the player, so Tottenham fans will want to see whether he’s brought on in the matches against Malta and England in this international break.
