After Gregory Wüthrich in September and Christian Witzig in October, Miro Muheim is the chef’s surprise. The SV Hamburg full-back could become the 20th neophyte lined up by Murat Yakin on Friday against Serbia or Monday in Tenerife against Spain.
Everything indicates, in fact, that the 26-year-old from Zurich will benefit from significant playing time during this last gathering of the year. Decisive passer 7 times since the start of the season with SV Hamburg – “I have a good left foot“, he smiles – he is in competition with Ulisses Garcia to occupy the left flank of a defense weakened by a multitude of packages.
Trained at FC Zurich before trying out for a year in the Premier League at Chelsea, Miro Muheim made his mark at St. Gallen. There he rubbed shoulders with Giorgio Contini, Murat Yakin’s assistant, who announced his first call-up to the A team.I welcomed this call with great pride and immense happiness.“, he slips.
A unique experience
Miro Muheim is not the first Swiss player to have the unique experience of wearing the colors of SV Hamburg, one of the most emblematic clubs in Germany. Stéphane Henchoz, Raphaël Wicky, Johan Djourou and Valon Behrami, or more recently Vasilije Janjicic and Léo Lacroix, were able to measure the immense enthusiasm surrounding the club which won the Champion Clubs’ Cup in 1983.
“St. Gallen is also a historic club. But in Hamburg, I discovered another worldhe blurted. The media coverage and fan fervor are truly impressive“.
Promotion objective
Relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 2018, SV Hamburg is eager to finally return to the elite. “Promotion is our big goal. I don’t doubt for a second that we will achieve it even if we go through a bad patch“, says Miro Muheim.
“I want to discover the Bundesliga with SV Hamburg“, repeats the Zurich resident, whose contract runs until the end of the season. If he manages to assert himself as an indisputable international by then, he will arrive at the negotiating table in a position of strength.
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