Joshua Zirkzee is a talent - but cannot currently show it regularly in the Bundesliga. Ruud Gullit is now making a fiery appeal to FC Bayern.
- Joshua Zirkzee is FC Bayern's U19 hope.
- The 18-year-old Dutchman has a big fan with Holland legend Ruud Gullit
- Gullit now brings Zirkzee into play as Lewandowski's successor.
Berlin - Joshua Zirkzee can do it in the 3rd division too! The 18-year-old storm jewel of FC Bayern contributed a remarkable volley goal to the 6: 1 of the Munich amateurs against Halle on Monday evening - his second goal in the 16th deployment. Curious: Zirkzee needed two ball contacts at the end of 2019 for the same number of goals in the Bundesliga . Zirkzee's talent is unmistakable - now Dutch legend Ruud Gullit (57) ennobles him and speaks about his compatriot's future.
"I know Joshua well and have seen him play many times because he and my son Maxim are in the Dutch U19 selection," said Gullit der tz on the sidelines of the Laureus Awards in Berlin. “Zirkzee scores many goals in the national team, including very easy ones. He just has a nose for it. ”In nine international matches, the Munich player scored eight times. At FC Bayern, those responsible keep big chunks on Zirkzee, and in future he is even expected to succeed super snapshot Robert Lewandowski (31).
FC Bayern: Holland legend Gullit brings Zirkzee into play as Lewandowski's successor
Joshua Zirkzee after scoring against VfL Wolfsburg
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Gullit says: “Lewandowski is currently the best striker in the world. It will be hard to replace him one day, but with Joshua FC Bayern has someone for the future. Hopefully he will get even more chances to prove himself. ”In the many games in the Dutch selection, the European champion from 1988 noticed that Zirkzee still needs improvement.
“I think he still has to improve his first contact, the ball acceptance. Sometimes the ball jumps too far for him, but he must be able to hold the ball under pressure, ”explains Gullit. But that shouldn't be a problem: “Joshua can learn a lot from Lewandowski. He sees how it's done every day in training. "
Joshua Zirkzee: Gullit thinks Bayern should borrow it
Zirkzee saved the professionals in December with his Joker goals in Freiburg and against Wolfsburg , but mostly he is used by the amateurs in league three. "This league is too low for him," said Gullit. "My son, for example, plays in the first Dutch league - and that's good for him because the competition there is bigger and the football is faster."
There is simply no getting past Lewandowski; Serge Gnabry or Thomas Müller could also move up the storm if necessary. It is almost impossible that Zirkzee will regularly play longer Bundesliga appearances in the foreseeable future. In a conversation with tz, Gullit therefore demands: “If Joshua only sits on the bench with the professionals, he will not be cut into a real diamond. So it would not be a bad thing if Bayern borrowed it and made sure that it always played at a high level. ”
Jonas Austermann