2023-10-08 19:07:57
After a complicated season, Denis Zakaria found a smile once more on the Rock. The 26-year-old from Geneva, leader of Ligue 1 with AS Monaco following Saturday’s 3-1 success on the Reims pitch, spoke without restraint in an exclusive interview with RTSsport, broadcast in Sport Dimanche. “For the moment, things are going very well. I am happy and fulfilled,” said the Swiss international.
“It was a rather simple choice because it was the club which showed the most desire“, explained Zakaria on his choice to engage with Monaco. “Last season wasn’t that easy and it was important for me to choose a club to start once more.“Loaned by Juventus to Chelsea, he played little with the Blues (11 matches) during the last financial year.
You have to work all the time and be ready. Even twice as much.
Denis Zakaria
“Every player wants to play. When you’re experiencing an almost white season, it’s not easy. But I’m a pretty mentally strong person. I didn’t give up and during the short time I had on the pitch, I tried to show my qualities as much as possible. It was a year that made me think and grow a lot. Football goes very quickly up but also down. You have to work all the time and be ready. Even twice as much.“
Exclusive interview with Denis Zakaria: the Swiss international relaunches his career at AS Monaco / Sport Sunday / 5 min. / today at 6:25 p.m.
In Monaco, he found Adi Hütter, who launched him into the deep end with YB in July 2015 and who coached him for half a season at Mönchengladbach in 2021/22. “Adi (ndlr: Hütter)… It was the coach who started me. I know him well. I also had it in Gladbach. He trust me.“Zakaria also reunited with his compatriot and former Gladbach teammate Breel Embolo, who is recovering from a torn cruciate ligament.”I’m happy to find him here. Unfortunately, we haven’t had the chance to play together yet.“
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