Union Berlin“>Max Kruse has made headlines and talked about in the past few days with his sudden winter move to VfL Wolfsburg and away from Union Berlin. New statements followed late on Saturday.
Has commented again on his winter move to Wolfsburg: Offensive man Max Kruse.
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As a guest on ZDF in the “Aktuelles Sportstudio”, Max Kruse gave us another look behind the scenes and, before his subsequent four goals on the goal wall, explained again how the change to VfL Wolfsburg came about, which was a surprise to many.
“It wasn’t in my head that it would happen in winter. It wasn’t like I had to leave now,” Kruse said at the beginning. “What happened in the end had to do with the situation in Wolfsburg. If the club had been in a better position, I might not have been asked in the first place. For me, the situation then simply arose in which I said: ‘Yes, I can imagine that.’ Especially because the decision to leave the Irons this summer after two years of contract had been made by him for a long time: “I had already informed one or the other club that there were no talks, which lead to an extension (at Union; Anm.d.Red.) being able to lead.”
“Personally, the second year didn’t go as well as the first”
But what was the decisive factor in leaving a potential Champions League qualifier and possible DFB Cup finalist for a club stuck in the relegation battle? On the one hand, the prospect of being able to complete his “open chapter” with the wolves (not very successful between 2015 and 2016, also due to private escapades) and the money. Kruse made no secret of this.
But there was more: “I actually like to go by instinct – and I really had a very intense and great time at Union, no question,” said the 33-year-old veteran. “But personally, the second year didn’t go as well as the first, even if it went very well in terms of sport. I can say that. I don’t want to go into too much detail now or open a barrel where none needs to be opened. But I wasn’t as happy as I was in the first year. I can say that.”
There’s no bad blood now. But we had one or the other different view of things.
Max Kruse on the relationship with Union coach Urs Fischer
Were there sporting or human reasons? “Both,” says Kruse. The former national player, who was not included in the Berlin squad twice this season, also went into detail, in addition to 13 early substitutions and yet contributed five goals and seven assists. He indicated that the relationship with Union coach Urs Fischer was no longer 100 percent intact: “As an athlete you want to be on the pitch from the first to the last minute, so of course I’m still ambitious. And there are a few things I don’t have understood the way others saw it. I’m one of those who then goes into confrontation. But it’s not like the relationship was broken or completely bad.”
Nevertheless: “I just imagined something else sooner or later, so the decision was made in November/December that this season at Union will definitely be the last.” And that was also related to the interaction with Fischer, which from his point of view no longer worked well: “Of course that had something to do with it. There was no bad blood and I think you can still look each other in the eye. But we had one way or another different view of things.”
