Marcel Sabitzer once played for FC Bayern Munich as a youth footballer. At that time, however, it did not make a good impression.
At the age of 14, Bayern’s newcomer Marcel Sabitzer completed a trial training session at FCB. The then junior manager Werner Kern has now in an interview with the tz explains that the Austrian disappointed across the board at the time.
“He trained so badly as I’ve never experienced it before. That was a disappointment – even his agent apologized to me at the time,” said Kern, who was responsible for the offspring of the German record champions between 1998 and 2012 and below looked after other talents such as Thomas Müller or Bastian Schweinsteiger.
On the recommendation of his advisor at the time, Sabitzer was allowed to audition, but could not meet expectations. “His appearance was not due to his performance,” Kern clarified. He was indirectly referring to a statement made by Sabitzer’s father Herfried, who recently addressed the aforementioned trial training and stated that his son did not want to switch to Bayern at the time.
“He wanted to develop step by step, first of all to become a professional at an Austrian Bundesliga club”, Sabitzer Senior also explained in the tz. And that although the ÖFB national player has been a big fan of FC Bayern since childhood.
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Instead of going to Munich, Sabitzer moved to Admira Wacker Mödling in 2009 and later to Rapid Vienna, Red Bull Salzburg and in 2015 to RB Leipzig. In retrospect, Kern does not reproach himself for not having secured the player back then: “We have nothing to blame. We scouted him. But if someone presents himself like that, you can’t take him.”
Today he raves about the 27-year-old midfielder, for whom FCB paid around 15 million euros: “He has become a first-class Bundesliga player and has matured into a leading figure in the national team. A great development! He has it for himself Best brought out. Years later, what belongs together has now come together. “
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