Dejan Kulusevski reveals the advice Cristiano Ronaldo gave him that he’s finally putting into practice at Tottenham

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Dejan Kulusevski is enjoying quite possibly his best season so far having made a flying start to the new campaign with Tottenham Hotspur.

Kulusevski looks to have found his best position in midfield with Ange Postecoglou moving him into a more favoured central role.

The Swedish international has always looked like an elite talent but struggled for consistency, however, this term, he is quickly becoming the best version of himself.

During the international break, he has shared the advice given to him by one of the greatest players of all time which is helping him to be one of the Premier League’s most influential players.

Dejan Kulusevski reveals Cristiano Ronaldo’s advice

Kulusevski has revealed that during their time together at Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo gave him advice about having a better understanding of his body as he gets older.

Now aged 24, the Swede claims that he has a much better understanding of his body from when he was at Juve and can now analyse his strengths and weaknesses.

Kulusevski told Fotbollskanalen: I’m getting to know my body. When I was younger, I didn’t understand when [Cristiano] Ronaldo told me: ‘You will get to know your body’. Because I didn’t know my body then. 

“But now I’m starting to understand my strengths and weaknesses, how I can improve. So I feel like everything is getting easier.”

The Swede is now clearly putting this into practice having looked superb this season for the North London club and much improved from last season.

He has already experienced many peaks and troughs during his early career from being one of Europe’s hottest prospects to Juventus happily shipping him off to Spurs. Even in N17, he’s had many ups and downs, but in this campaign, we are finally starting to see the best version of Kulusevski.

How good at Dejan Kulusevski’s numbers this season?

Kulusevski tops the Premier League charts for several stats including key passes and possession won in the attacking third.

He is joint top for key passes with Saka and Palmer on 10 and is top for possession won in the final third with 11.

Tottenham will be hoping that as the season goes on, Kulusevski can help carry them up the table following a disappointing start to the campaign. The North London club are sat in 9th place and four points off the top four after seven matches played.