Hellas Verona Football Club

I think he's on our list because he had been named to the preliminary squad for the African Cup.

there but not selected for the March game so seems to be well and truly off the squad and both he and Guitun are both 30 years old so we're not really expecting to see them uh going forward let's take a look at the candidates who are selected Rafik Belgali with Algeria since 2025 11 caps and one goal for him he's 24 years old and he plays for Hellas Verona in Italy since 2025 uh but all clubs before that were in Belgium uh he was born in Belgium Belgali and um Sorry, one of his youth clubs was actually PSV Eindhoven for a year, but he came out of the...

Lommel was his last youth club and his first senior club, Lommel in Belgium.

He was a possible candidate coming into the 2025 African Cup, Rafik Belgali, and he was selected there.

... bite you in the arse.

Like we all know the teams that have circled the drains for so many years, like Hellas Verona and like whoever else that circle the drain-

Yeah

... circle the drain.

He wrote a contract.

He signed a contract with Verona the same night.

So the night before the game was joined by Verona president and sports director in the hotel where Denmark were playing and were living.

And then he was motivated to show it was not enough to him to play in a Belgian league, but he knew he was better to play in a better league like Serie A in Italy.

They changed the substitution about Kenneth Brill, Kenneth Bruhl in Danish.

Of course, Danish clubs, they were too small to support.

So it was a start of something new in the cultural Danish way of life.

Preben Elker became one of the stars of these Euros and as you mentioned would be on his way to the Serie A to Verona joining the West German Hans-Peter Bruegel and would actually win the Scudetto the following season 1984-85.

... you look at Italy now, and you could be a sub for a team in the Premier League and get a move to Italy.

And I'm not, I don't mean a move to Hellas Verona or-

Mm-hmm

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didn't make a league appearance for Brentford's B team, but gained EFL experience on loan with MK Dons and Bradford City.

Later moved to Hearts, where he got some Scottish Premiership appearances as well as a European appearance or two before joining Hellas Verona, where he played 21 times in the Italian top flight last season before being brought back to England by Lincoln City this transfer window.

Yes, so Oyegoke is a right-sided defender, certainly renowned for his defensive attributes.

Again, that theme appearing, tall player, physically strong, quick, aggressive, excellent for tackles, interceptions, and a really, really good one-on-one defender.

It's world class.

And he had it already when he was at Hellas Verona.

And I was ranting and raving about him on this podcast and on Twitter before most people even know who he was.

And so, you know, but it doesn't matter.

And Luxembourg's national football team will be without defender Sage Korac for the entire UEFA Nations League campaign.

The 24-year-old, capped 23 times, suffered a cruciate ligament injury playing for Hellas Verona in Italy's top league at the weekend and requires surgery.

He joins a growing injury list under coach Jeff Strasser ahead of Saturday's away match against Bulgaria.

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