Victor Nelsson

Key strength: Aerial dominance

Defensive anchor

Danish centre-back Victor Nelsson finds himself in the trenches at Hellas Verona, where the Gialloblu sit rock-bottom of Serie A in 20th place, grasping at just a solitary point from their opening fixtures. At 27, the €7.5m-rated defender—brought in as a defensive anchor with aerial dominance—has yet to take the field this campaign, a curious situation for a player of his pedigree. With Verona leaking goals and spiraling through a wretched ?DLLD run, Nelsson's physicality and defensive instincts (rated 60 for defending) could be exactly what's missing. The Yellow and Blues need steel, organization, and someone to marshal a backline that's been far too porous. Yet a solitary yellow card without a single minute played suggests frustration is brewing on the sidelines. As the pressure mounts at the Stadio Bentegodi, the Danish international waits for his chance to drag Verona off the foot of the table—and prove why his signature mattered.