Kruse contradicts allegations and does not want a Bundesliga end

Created: 09/11/2022, 18:23

Max Kruse is in the jersey of VfL Wolfsburg on the pitch.

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Max Kruse, who fell out of favor with VfL Wolfsburg, has rejected the accusation that he did not identify with the club and has announced that he will continue his career in the Bundesliga.

In a video published on his Instagram account on Sunday, the 34-year-old said he respected coach Niko Kovac's opinion.

Wolfsburg - "But I think everyone who knows me knows that I've always given everything, not just at VfL Wolfsburg, but in the last ten or twelve years that I've been playing professional football when I've been on the pitch for the club I played for," said the attacking player.

It will stay that way as long as he is allowed to train and play football.

Kovac announced on Saturday that Kruse would no longer be used under him at VfL Wolfsburg and justified this by saying that the ex-national player did not identify with the club.

“We demand 100% identification and concentration from every player with a focus on VfL.

We didn't have that feeling with Max. That's why he wasn't there and won't be there in the future either," Kovac said on Sky TV after the 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt.

When asked by the reporter whether this was the end of a great Bundesliga career, Kovac answered succinctly: "Yes."

Kruse contradicted this at the end of his video clip.

"I think I'll decide for myself when my time in the Bundesliga is over.

Nobody else decides that for me,” he emphasized.

As proof of his identification with VfL Wolfsburg, he cited his commitment to the club after the move from 1. FC Union Berlin in the second half of last season.

"I came to Wolfsburg in January to help the team.

And I think that's what I did last second half of the season," he said.

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