Hojbjerg's prophecy

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is one of the stars of this Denmark that surprises at the European Championship. But it is that, in addition to handling the ball very well, they begin to assign him divinatory skills. In 2013, when he was still a youth, he assured that his generation would win the Euro in 2020. A year late due to the pandemic, the Danish national team reaches his best result (the quarterfinals) in a major tournament since Portugal 2004, with the difference that there were no round of 16 at the time.

The 25-year-old Tottenham midfielder has completed a year as the undisputed starter at Spurs and is now walking steadily alongside Dynamite Red. He has provided three assists in this tournament so far. “Now I am old and boring, “says Hojbjerg ironically.” I insist on the fact that we have a really good generation. There are players from that time who have grown a lot. “

The new step towards his prediction, this Saturday in Baku against the Czech Republic. The Copenhagen midfielder will have a new coach in London next season, Portuguese Nuno. But he wants to take time to meet him: “Congratulations to him and congratulations to the club. It will be interesing. But I'd like to wait a bit to find myself with Nuno for the things we have to finish here. “

Hojbjerg comes from the Copenhagen quarry, passed through the mythical Brondby and at just 16 years old he joined the Bayern quarry, in whose first team he played (very little) during some seasons from 2012 to 2016. On loan from the Bavarians at Augsburg and Schalke 04, in 2016 he was transferred to Southampton. Last summer, José Mourinho put his eyes on him and signed him for Tottenham in an exchange that included Kyle Walker-Peters and just over three million euros.