2023-08-16 04:32:33
On May 28th, the day following 1. FC Union Berlin had qualified for the Champions League for the first time in the club’s history, President Dirk Zingler announced that the goal for the Köpenickers in the coming season was to stay up in the Bundesliga. Eleven weeks and two days later, the club made a new record transfer with Robin Gosens. The German national player comes from Champions League finalist Inter Milan and costs around 15 million euros.
Coach Urs Fischer has made well-known players available in the past. Aissa Laidouni and Josip Juranovic, for example, both came in winter and were regulars at the World Cup in Qatar. Only in this country it is largely unknown and only known to various experts.
Now, however, a player who pretty much everyone in Germany knows, who tears himself up on the pitch and can lead a team with a great mentality, comes across as down-to-earth and personable off the field. Such a one lets the fans dream and rave. In view of the fact that Kevin Volland (AS Monaco) is likely to be presented as a new signing at Union in the next few days and there are rumors of a commitment from European champion Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus Turin), the supporters are pretty excited.
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On Tuesday evening, this was reflected in a number of tweets or other comments on social networks. Tenor: Union Berlin is currently preparing to become a club through remarkable transfers that can permanently establish itself in the top third of the Bundesliga.
Oops! The narrative surrounding the Alte Försterei is that of the likeable outsider who simply feels great gratitude for each additional year in the Bundesliga.
How frugal can a fan remain if their own team brings in a player of Gosens or Volland format and national coach Flick (take that, Hansi!) is practically forced to drop by Köpenick from time to time? Robin Gosens, that’s the big, wide football world. Milan or Madrid, the main thing is the European Cup!
Of course, Urs Fischer will not lose his grip on reality and will remain modest as ever. But it will be exciting to see how cleverly he continues to understate in public given the increasingly prominent squad. If he and manager Oliver Ruhnert had told Robin Gosens in the contract negotiations that they might live well with 15th place in the Bundesliga, the new man would have rushed back to Italy on the next plane.
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