With memories of the golden years (80's) of the albanian football still fresh on her mind, Albania is now attempting to recreate its strong football legacy. As young players start making their names abroad, the future is looking bright for Albanian football!
Players likely to leave Albania for Kosovo:
Basha. Meha. Shala. Gashi, Necip Uysal rejected Kosovo and Januzaj is likely to do the same. Can't see the Berisha brothers leaving Norway for Kosovo. Abdi of Watford and Hetemej of Chievo I can see joining the team.
I would like to see this formation for Russia 2018:
Berisha
Hysaj. Mavraj. Ajeti. Aliji/Agolli
Kace. Xhaka. Abrashi/Memushaj
Rashica. Sadiku. Roshi/Lenjani
The club is desperate to sell to him but so far no offers. He doesn't seem to be in PAOK's plans for the upcoming season and they have signed a lot of players.
They regret turning down 2 million for him last year.
Hyka had an assist and a goal today, seems to have a good start of the season for his club. I don't like calling up these recycled players but maybe he can be an offensive spark off the bench. Truthfully, he's probably better than Gashi at this point as well.
Of course I'd like to see Rashica, Avdijaj, Zenelli, etc, called up but who knows if that will happen for one reason or the other.