Abdukadir Khusanov is being recognized as the "new Van Dijk"

Talented Uzbek defender Abdukadir Khusanov is being highly praised in European and Russian football. The head coach of the Russian club "Akron" Zaur Tedeev highly appreciated his potential, noting that the "new Virgil van Dijk" is on the rise.

Tedeev: "When I first saw Khusanov, I knew he would be a great defender"

In an interview with "Sport-Express", Zaur Tedeev said the following about Khusanov:

"When I first saw Khusanov on video, I said to myself: 'The future Van Dijk is growing up.'" Of course, this was said as a joke, but he really made a big impression. In my opinion, he can be a great defender in the future."

According to the coach, Khusanov's success is not only due to his talent, but also to the hard work of Anatoly Yurevich and Belyavsky.

"Yurevitch and Belyavsky brought him up at Energetik-BGU, then sent him to Lens and brought him to a high level. And now he is playing brilliantly for Manchester City. This shows how important an individual approach to a player is," said Tedeev.

Khusanov is Manchester City's new star

20-year-old Abdukodyr Khusanov joined Manchester City from Lens on January 20 of this year for a fee of 45+5 million euros. This transfer confirmed the young player's great potential.

In this short time, he has played 6 games for the "city" team, scored 1 goal and is fighting for the title of the best player of February in the team.

Possible future direction

Khusanov is currently playing in the main team for Manchester City with great confidence. Experts predict that he will develop further and become one of the strongest defenders in European football.

Uzbek fans are waiting to see how close the comparisons of Abdukadir Khusanov with Virgil van Dijk are to reality. In any case, the talented defender continues to amaze many with his work. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”