Dejan Kulusevsky’s shirt number, 44, was clipped in the press before moving to England.
Then the choice fell on the number 21.
Now the national team star reveals the secret behind the number difference and why he had to change.
– I’ve seen it everywhere, he says on Anis Don Demina’s Youtube channel.
during his career Diane Kulusevsky He wore the number 44 shirt, something that did not do well in the British press before moving to Tottenham. The Sun newspaper described the case as “Bessart” when the Swede asked the matter in favor of the London club.
Then came the news that Kulusevsky would wear the number 21.
In an interview on Anis Don Demina’s Youtube channel, the Swede tells the secret behind choosing the shirt and why he had 44 previously.
– It was the time I saw 44 all the time. When you checked the clock, when you paused you arrived or the car in front of you. So she died for that number. But when I came to Tottenham they said, “No, no, no, 21 or 9,” he said and continued:
– I thought I can’t get a 9, it must be the attacker. I should have had 44. But it didn’t work because of the rules, it was someone else who had it. So I said, OK, I can get 21, but next season I want 44.
Read the Bible before every match
So far, Kulusevski has the opportunity to wear the “strange” number, but this will not be the case. Superstitious puts an end to it.
Diane: He doesn’t like to change things when things are going well, he says and tells us that he has several rituals before the match. Among other things, he reads the Bible.
– I read the same 3-4 pages, I did it for several years.
“You rarely feel satisfied when you play”
Kulusevsky also says that moving to Greater London was different and that everyday life at Tottenham is not a dance of roses.
– I practice a lot. We have Italian coach Conte and crew, so we are there 7-8 hours every day. We eat breakfast, gyms before working out, stretching, then we meet after working out for an hour, then we have lunch together, then you have to get treated and then you have to take an ice bath. You come home completely devastated.
You often play in pain. There are very few matches where you feel good when you play, but it is part of the sport. You play every third day and you have to do the job. Sometimes you feel like you’re not even warming up your stool, which is hard, he says.
Kulusevsky scored five goals and eight assists in 18 games last season. Next will be his first full season with Tottenham.