Milan, There is another Seedorf in the red and black shirt: Fonseca calls Denzel with the big boys

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December 24, 2024 (changed at 10:02 am) – MILANO

Sometimes it seems that everything is written in the stars. Little Denzel was born on May 25, 2007. Two days before holding him for the first time, father Clarence had raised the last Champions League won by Milan to the Athens sky with the same hands. Clarence is naturally Seedorf, a Dutch champion who wrote indelible pages in the Rossoneri's history. His son Denzel, who dreams of being a footballer and making his debut at the San Siro one day, hopes to sign the next ones. On Sunday, for the first time, he trained with the first team under Paulo Fonseca.

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Seedorf junior follows in his father's footsteps on the pitch too. Midfielder like him, albeit with different characteristics. Clarence's class is naturally still light years away, while Denzel is more inclined to enter spaces and look for goals by coming in tow. For now he is trying his hand at AC Milan's Under 18s (scoring against Roma this season), a club he joined at 12 years old. Curiosity: despite being born in Milan, little Seedorf also has a Dutch and Brazilian passport (mother Luviana is from Rio de Janeiro). And in an interview a few months ago with Globo Esporte, he confessed to feeling more green and gold than orange: “The national team? If one day I had to choose, I would say Brazil. I speak Portuguese and not Dutch, I love Brazilians and their culture. In fact, I live the Carioca culture in my home.” Denzel's name, however, is also in the notebooks of the Italian youth team selectors. So, if he really keeps his promises, one day it could be Italy that gives him a shirt. For now, however, there is something to do well with the Rossoneri.

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He dreams of being a footballer and doesn't feel the pressure of the important surname, also because Clarence has never influenced him. «He never forced me to do anything – says Denzel, again in the interview with Globo -. In fact, he actually would have liked me to play tennis and not football. But he still gave me his support and is happy with my path.” The road is still long, but Seedorf junior looks to the future with optimism. «I know that to become a footballer you need to have a certain mentality. But I don't think I would be at Milan if they hadn't seen something in me.” Meanwhile, the first taste of Milanello has already arrived.