Updated on November 30, 2021, 11:35 a.m.
- Nico Schlotterbeck is one of the best defenders of the current Bundesliga season.
- However, he himself only understood his quality in a duel with BVB star Erling Haaland.
- If the 21-year-old has his way, he’ll have to deal with top stars more often in the future.
Nico Schlotterbeck and the Sc freiburg cause a sensation in the Bundesliga. The club from Breisgau is in fourth place in the table after thirteen match days. Fight for international places instead of relegation. But that’s not enough for Schlotterbeck, he wants to get to the top and to the most dazzling club in the Bundesliga: the FC Bayern. At least this can be interpreted from his most recent statements.
When asked about his future, where he sees himself in a few years’ time, he told the “kicker” on Monday: “I’m not a guy who really wants to play in England or Spain. I always wanted to play in the Bundesliga, and that preferably with the best club. “
Nagelsmann praises Schlotterbeck
“If I go on like this and stay injury-free, I can become a really good central defender,” Schlotterbeck continued: “If I perform well, even bigger clubs knock on the knock. If at the end of my career I have 300 league games and 50 Champions League games I am satisfied. “
Schlotterbeck is under contract with the Freiburg team until the summer of 2023. The 21-year-old has been part of the German national team in five international matches, but is still out of action there.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann recently said positively about the defender. “Everyone can see that he is a good defender,” said Nagelsmann. “Sport 1″ said.
Schlotterbeck recognizes his own quality in a duel with Haaland
The fact that Schlotterbeck is one of the best defenders of the current season is shown by the average grade of the 21-year-old in the “kicker” of 2.65 (third place). He himself did not understand his quality for a long time, Schlotterbeck told the “kicker”, only in the duel with the BVB star Erling Haaland.
“In the game I noticed how good I can be,” reported Schlotterbeck. “In this game I noticed: I can be a really good central defender and maybe I am right now.
On a good day I can eliminate quite a few strikers, “he said. Freiburg won the game against BVB 2-1 on matchday two, Haaland didn’t score.” Since this season I’ve known: I can defend any striker. ” (msc)
Sources used:
- kicker 96/2021
- sport1.de: Transfer ticker: Freiburg star with Bayern future?
- German press agency
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