Kuopio Palloseura’s midfielder Matias Siltanen will move from the Veikkausliiga to the Swedish Allsvenskan. Siltanen will move to the ranks of Djurgårdens IF, which confirmed the transfer on Thursday.
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Brought up by Kuopio Ball Club, 17 years old Matias Siltanen moves to the ranks of Djurgårdens IF, which plays in Allsvenskan, the main league of Swedish football.
Stockholm club told about the transfer on Thursday. The contract between Siltanen and Djurgården is for 3 years. The club does not say the transfer amount, but Expressen’s According to
The transfer amount is one of the largest amounts paid for Veikkausliiga players. It is also statistics website Transfermarkt according to the highest amount that an Allsvenskan club has paid for a footballer under the age of 19.
Siltanen’s move abroad has been rumored for a long time. Inter alia newspaper Savon Sanomien and an Italian journalist specializing in player transfers Fabrizio Romano according to the City Football Group, which owns Manchester City, would have liked to acquire a Finn in its ranks.
City reportedly planned for Siltanen to join the Manchester club’s academy team, but the information has not been confirmed.
Savon Sanomat also reported The Premier League club AFC Bournemouth made Siltase a contract offer. In addition, at least the Norwegian club Fredriksstad participated in the tender, which, according to Urheilu’s information, also like DIF, raised its offer earlier.
However, Djurgården won the tender and gets Siltanen, who was chosen as the best newcomer in the Veikkausliiga last season.
DIF is currently strongly represented by Finns, even before Siltanen’s arrival at the club. The head coach of the team was just hired from Silta who coached at KuPS Jani Honkavaara. In DIF, blue and white colors are worn by the players Miro Tenho, Adam Ståhl, Rasmus Schuller and Santeri Haarala.
Born in 2007, Siltanen is a midfielder. British newspaper The Guardian in October 2024 put the Finn on his prestigious list of the 60 best young players (born in 2007). At the national team level, the person from Kuopio has most recently represented Finland’s under-19 national team.
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