FFootball national player Leroy Sané from FC Bayern Munich also explains his upswing in performance by saying that he has always felt the trust in the club from all sides. The 25-year-old also named honorary president Uli Hoeneß in “Bild am Sonntag”. “The whole club management, but also a Uli Hoeneß, contacted me and signaled absolute support. So much popularity is not a matter of course in every club, ”said Sané, whom some Bayern fans whistled at a home game against 1. FC Köln at the start of the season in August.
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The attacker explained that there were not just two or three reasons for its increase in recent months. The first few months at his former club Manchester City were not his strongest, said the former Schalke professional, who scored eleven goals and twelve assists in the last half. In Munich, the aftermath of a cruciate ligament tear in his knee initially stopped him for several months. “Overall, of course, I wasn’t satisfied with myself after the first season. I knew I could show more, ”said Sané.
He had expected himself to get going earlier. He did a lot for that, reported the winger. The relationship with coach Julian Nagelsmann, who came to Munich in the summer as the successor to the current national coach Hansi Flick, was described by Sané as great: “He shows me again and again how I can be even better in his game system and how we can each other can improve together as a team. “
As the goals of the superior Bundesliga leaders for the second half of the season, Sané named the next championship title as well as the Champions League, which he has not yet been able to win personally. That is why he is very motivated: “At the moment, together with Manchester City, Liverpool FC and Chelsea, I see us as the strongest in Europe.”
Sané received great praise from CEO Oliver Kahn, who was a different player after a difficult start: “Confident, dangerous, challenges the ball, looks for and wins important duels, runs back with almost every attack,” said Kahn about the 25-year-old. “Why? Because he decided to do it himself – but also because the group encourages you to do it. That is carried on here, from generation to generation. “
For Lothar Matthäus, Sané is the top player in the Bundesliga round. “The mixture of the pressure that was on the boy, the difficult initial phase with the whistles of their own fans and the current development is already outstanding,” said Matthäus in his Sky column. “That is primarily due to him, but certainly also to the encouragement, support and important discussions of his coach Julian Nagelsmann and Hansi Flick,” said Matthäus. “Sané is now a top performer, is at the forefront and has become one of the most important players at FC Bayern.”
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