DEJAN KULUSEVSKI wears the No44 shirt – in a bizarre homage to his 'idol' Adnan Januzaj.
The new Tottenham signing sealed his switch to North London on deadline day.
He has joined on an initial 18-month loan from Juventus with an obligation to buy in summer 2023 for £29million.
Kulusevski may have to wait to get his favourite No44 jersey, though.
That is because 17-year-old striker Dane Scarlett currently owns the number.
Spurs' new 20-cap Swedish winger, 21, chose No44 at Parma and Juventus because he was mesmorised by former Manchester United star Januzaj.
As a teenager, he watched the now-Real Sociedad and Belgium midfielder when he played a friendly in Sweden.
Kulusevski appreciated the Belgian's fearless approach to football and aimed to incorpoate it into his own game.
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But it is another Belgian Kulusevski models his style on.
He told Sky Italia: "I study Kevin De Bruyne a lot because he is a phenomenal player and because I want to become like him.
“It depends on the team, on the game. For how we play in Parma, the coach has found the perfect position for me — as a winger.
"When I was in the Primavera of Atalanta, on the other hand, I played more in the centre because the action had to start from behind.
“My perfect role? Behind the strikers. When I play, I don’t think about goals or assists.
"With the ball, I think always attacking, to the fact that the defenders have to know who they are dealing with. Having said that, I need to improve in shooting more often and also in scoring more.”
Kulusevski's transfer was announced minutes after Rodrigo Bentancur completed his £20m switch from the Old Lady to the Lilywhites.
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