There have always been lots of great legends who had graced the pitch of play with their talents in competitions and went on to achieved success while playing actively, so after hanging up their boots the same thing or paramount thing for every manager, club owners or countries is to invest hugely in developing new talents for the future that would go on to form the fulcrum of the team.
Although history might tell you that not all young talents who went through the ranks often graduate from their adolescence into a superstar, while some even grow faster in becoming a superstar in their career and in the end achieve success just like their predecessors.
Today we will look at how well the new hope of Danish football is faring since he burst into limelight.
At every point in time, there are a handful of players at the top footballing world who has or had defined their era, just like the Danish team of the Euros 1992 who defies the odds and went on to win the title and they were all been universally hailed as one of the finest team around the world.
After those generations of players who all went on to achieved success with their respective clubs in Europe, and the 1998 squad which has the likes of the Laudrup brothers, Ebbe Sand, and Martin Jorgensen. It’s can be said for a fact that the Danish national team hasn’t seen more talented and gifted players of the 1992 and 1998 team up until date, although in recent years they’ve been able to produce one or two talented footballers yet it’s can’t be compared to the arrears of stars in the aforementioned teams above.
As its stands now, former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Christian Eriksen plus some decent players in the team has been the only fuel that carries the Danish national, and they haven’t been doing badly, however, some of the players are gradually getting to that point where they will need to hang up their boots and that will usher in new faces into the team.
The ushering in of new players brought about Robert Skov, Skov came up through the youth ranks at Silkeborg and as a 16 years old boy he made his debut against Midtjylland and also scored his first league goal for Silkeborg against the same team he made his debut against. Skov in the 2013-14 season at 17 years old, he was very instrumental in helping Silkeborg win the Danish 1st Division that made them gained promotion to the Superliga, fast forward to 2016-17 his goals also helped the team in avoiding relegation in the Superliga by scoring 10 league goals as a wing player.
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Following his mouthwatering and impressive performance for Silkeborg in the Superliga, Skov was scouted by one of the biggest team in Danish league Copenhagen, so in 2018 he sealed a move down to Copenhagen in a deal worth around 7.5 million Danish Kronor, Skov made is debut against Randers which also followed with his first goal two weeks later in a home win against Odense BK, as the season progresses Skov went on to finished the league as top scorer in the 2018-19 season breaking the all-time Danish Superliga record by scoring 30 league goals in 34 games, to break a record that was set by former Danish forward Ebbe Sand with 28 goals in the league.
Skov was head above every other player in the league, with the 30 goals he scored and also set up 10 assists for his team during that season as Copenhagen went on to win the league returning to the capital after a disappointing 2017-18 campaign in which the capital club finished fourth in the league, and before he joined Copenhagen he was rewarded with his first senior cap for Denmark in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers in 2019 where he showed the world what he’s capable of doing, prior to his debut for Denmark he has also featured for the Danish team at the U18, U19 and U21 level as well at the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.
Skov impressive performances that season also won him the Danish Player of the Year, which made quite a whole number of ex-internationals sees him as the next big thing for the Danish national team, and as such different club side across Europe have been looking to have the new talent in their team which was a testament to how good Skov is.
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Following his outstanding performance for Copenhagen, having been scouted by the likes of Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal he finally made a move down to Germany with 1899 Hoffenheim for a deal which worth €10million, and since he joined the ‘Die Kraichgauer‘ his performances has been top-notch for them. The performance that is still very fresh in the mind of 1899 Hoffenheim fans is that of his fierce 25-yard freekick in just two minutes which he scored against Paderborn in 2019 which marked his first goal for the Die Kraichgauer.
If the Bundesliga hasn’t been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic Skov could have gone on to light up the league with his talent and perhaps go on to score more goals with his fierce left foot, although he is two-footed his left foot is his main scoring weapon which the Danish Superliga witnessed a lot from his boots same can also be said of the Bundesliga since he switched club.
Skov is also a skilled winger who is well renowned for taking on defenders and dribbling past them, a skill that is synonymous with that of Gareth Bale when he was much younger, the Danish winger is also known for scoring mouthwatering goals and creating sublime assists for his teammates, and most importantly the new hope of Danish football is making a name for himself as a free-kick specialist.
If Skov prowess in taking freekicks are anything to go by, then the suggestion made by his compatriot Christian Eriksen in overtaking him as the next number one free-kick specialist for the Danish national isn’t an illusion as he has shown in the past that is worthy of delivering if he took up the position of a freekicks specialist. And at just 23 years of age, there is still much to expect from the young Danish player and if he keeps his head down he could go on to achieved success just like some of the great Danish players.
