The training camp in Donaueschingen is providing encouraging signs for the future of Aleksandar Stankovic. The Serbian midfielder, back at the club after his experience at Club Brugge, has shown clear maturity that has not gone unnoticed by the coaching staff and his teammates.
According to Corriere dello Sport, Stankovic will wear the number 5 shirt, the same one his father Dejan wore. The young player, born in 2005, has enormous talent in his DNA, nurtured during his years in the Nerazzurri youth academy and developed through experiences abroad with Luzern and Bruges. Now, he is ready to fully explode with his return to the club, a move strongly desired by both him and the club.
The Belgian league and his first experience in the Champions League have given the young Stankovic, who will turn 21 in August, an important sense of awareness, the result of the consistency he enjoyed during his loan spell. His impact on the Inter first team has been quite convincing according to the coach and also to his teammates, who have welcomed him back and follow him both on and off the pitch.
Particularly surprising is the cleanliness of his ball control, far above average. Stankovic moves the ball in tight spaces and over long distances in a way that is already considered even better than his father, who was one of the greatest midfielders in Europe of his generation.
In the first days of training camp, he was tested as a deep-lying playmaker in a three-man midfield, where during the season he will be able to give Calhanoglu and Zielinski a rest when needed. However, his contribution is not limited to that area of the pitch: he can also play as a central midfielder because he has shown he has the ability to support and finish attacking moves. In the midfield the coach has in mind for next season, made up of seven players, there is also room for the Serbian.
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