Joel Pohjanpalo only got the keys to his own home last week.
Joel Pohjanpalo has begun strongly in Palermo’s pink shirt. Zumawire / mvphotos
The southern tip of Sicily is just less than a hundred kilometers from Malta.
To Palermo, the capital of the island, just moved Joel Pohjanpalo However, he did not go on a ferry trip to cross the Mediterranean for a couple of hours, as his own club had handled him a faster route.
– There is no direct flight from Palermo, but I got a transportation to Catania. The flight took 27 minutes, Pohjanpalo smiled at the Huuhkaji stay.
At the beginning of February, the striker left the main league club Venezia to fight the fall. He preferred to choose the Serie B giant Palermo, for whom it would be tight to get even involved.
-The club told me what role they had thought about, and then offered a 4.5 year contract to a 30-year-old player.
– Perhaps Finns have no idea what the size of the Society Palermo is. When it contacts, the player is in a very unique position.
Pohjanpalo specifically refers to the underlying Abudhabian owner, which also manages Manchester City.
– It is reflected in the practices: how many people work, what kind of facilitities are built for us and how the club works. It’s not normal in Italy. Everything is done on the very last one.
“Step forward”
According to Italian newspapers, the basic salary of Pohjanpalo is approximately EUR 1.6 million, but with bonuses it can reach more than two million.
– This is one step forward in my career. I hope I can meet these goals and expectations.
Pohjanpalo reached Malta 27 minutes away. Janne Palomäki
Last Friday came a cold shower in the neck as Cremonse rose from 0-2 to a 3-2 away win.
At the same time, Palermo dropped ninth in Serie B, while only 3-8 in the qualifying round.
– I’ve never got such a whistle concert on my neck. The pressures are always big in Palermo. They just have to be accepted.
Pohjanpalo has scored four goals in just over a month and has given one goal leading to the goal. The move should be good.
– The family has adapted. The weather is better, so the wife likes. Palermo is a very different place than Venice. We only got the apartment three days before I came here. Everyday has not yet begun.
– Faija was watching the last match and told me what kind of reception he received when the locals heard that he was my father. Everybody was there from the club president, saying hello.
“A new way of playing”
Now the power is needed in the Suomi shirt. Malta is only 168 in Fifa-Ranking and has won only seven competitive matches in its history.
However, the North Palo wanted to warn the fans of the hustle and bustle.
– Many things are changing on the field. We have a new way of playing and new priorities on the field. Certainly mistakes occur when they try to bring them to the field.
– Malta has been very difficult for many opponents at home. But three points are the only one that is good for us.
In the national team, Pohjanpalo has scored 16 goals in his 77 matches. Jussi Eskola
The new head coach of the national team Jacob Friis He used a Pohjanpalo -like benchmark when he was already at the helm of Viborg.
Last fall in the League of Nations Markku Kanerva Surprisingly often left the bottom fire on the exchange bench.
So does the Palermo tip go back to the number one weapon?
– Of course, the player is always disappointed if he does not get playing time as they wish. In the last times of the Riv, I realized that the game system didn’t fit me best, Pohjanpalo admitted.
– Now is a new head coach and that time is now behind. I’m not going to say what it looks like in workouts now. Certainly many things will change.