He is one of the struggling players on the Norwegian national team. We have known for a long time how solid, hard-working and football-intelligent Sander Berge is in the match arena, but it becomes extremely clear when we have had opponents in World Cup qualifiers such as Italy. In the World Cup Senegal, Ivory Coast, Brazil and England – and then in the Nations League against Denmark. For those who followed Berge’s game against Portugal particularly closely, a completely natural question is asked: Why on earth have some of the biggest Premier League clubs not secured the 28-year-old.
Because against the Portuguese world stars, Berge was not just a physical giant. He positioned himself, tackled, stopped Portuguese attacks and put Norway on the attack – with a work engine and endurance a 1.95 meter high brick of a player should not really be able to have.
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Before his move to Fulham, Berge was linked with Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa. Manchester United have been linked with the defensive midfielder over time, with reports from various English media outlets in the summer that Berge is on the block with INEOS management. In the final days of the summer transfer window, Chelsea were also linked with the Norwegian international as a potential replacement for Enzo Fernandez.
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Nevertheless, this season Berge is also wearing the Fulham shirt. Not a bad word about the London club, but Sander Berge has, especially in the Norwegian national team shirt over the past year, shown he has a capacity and deliveries as a defensive midfielder the biggest Premier League clubs need.
We can only understand that the Premier League giants will once again turn to Berge during the next two transfer windows.
