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Andreas Schjelderup, player of the FC Nordsjaelland

THE FORWARD TURNS 18 IN JUNE

Andreas Schjelderup, the new Norwegian jewel that venerates Iniesta

Published:23/01/2022 - 15:27h

Updated:24/01/2022 - 10:12h

Andreas Schjelderup is one of the most promising talents in Norwegian football. The 17-year-old striker has declared himself an admirer of Andrés Iniesta and Erling Haaland, with whom the local press is already beginning to compare him

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Andreas Schjelderup is one of the proper names of the Norwegian football. The forward hardly will fulfil 18 years the next 1 June and, in spite of having received offers of multiple clubs in Europe, has preferred to remain in the FC Nordsjaelland of Denmark to continue his training. The one of Bodo is admirer of Andrés Iniesta, his idol of the infancy.

Schjelderup Debuted in the professional football in the Bodo/Glimt, club of his hometown. In 2020 fichó by the Nordsjaelland, having desestimado offers of clubs like the Ajax and the PSV Eindhoven. ""I have visited four times to the Ajax, four to the PSV, to the Tottenham, to the Liverpool, to the Juventus, to the Fulham, to the Atalanta and to the Bayern of Munich ", commented the forward in an interview with 'TV2'.

The Norwegian youngster declares inflate of the Liverpool, but ensures that although the offer of the 'reds' and of the quoted clubs were "very tempting", preferred to go to the Nordsjaelland because it is a club that gives opportunities to the youngsters and invests a lot in his development. "In the big clubs it is necessary to do a longer way to arrive to the first team, here no", explained Schjelderup.

In this regard, his trainer in the club of the city of Farum, Flemming Pedersen, ensures that the forward "has an enormous potential; definitely will turn into one of the top players of the five big leagues of Europe". Schjelderup Has stood out by his polivalencia, since it can play like extreme by left, as leading centre or like steering wheel '10'.

In Norway compare him with Eden Hzard

In accordance with Pedersen, the youngster prefers to play recostado by left to stick rightwards, "his good leg". However, the míster ensures that Schjelderup plays well with the two legs, by what some compare him with Eden Hazard "by his skills for driblar". Others see him more resembled Jack Grealish, adds Pedersen.

In this regard, the Norwegian attacker ensures that Andrés Iniesta always went his big idol "by his fantastic technician in space reduced". The Norwegian also admires to his compatriots Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard. In this last, Schjelderup has had a mirror of what can suceder for migrating to a big club so young. Thus, the new jewel of Norway will take the things calmly. The big also can expect.

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