Karim Adeyemi is the man of the hour at Red Bull Salzburg.
Manni Schwabl praises the ex-Hachinger over the green clover not only because of his strong performance.
Manni Schwabl
speaks on Bayerischer Rundfunk about the ex-Hachinger
Karim Adeyemi
.
He
praises
him and remembers his
difficult beginnings
.
Adeyemi
last scored for Red Bull Salzburg for the first time in the
Champions League
.
Unterhaching
- That should have been
balm for the soul of
the young
Karim Adeyemi
.
Manni Schwabl
, the
18-year-old's
former mentor
, agreed to
a real
hymn of praise
for the Salzburg shooting star
in an interview with
Blickpunkt Sport
.
At the same time, however, he also thinks back to the somewhat
bumpy early days
, which Schwabl personally did not leave its mark on.
Karim Adeyemi: At eleven to SpVgg Unterhaching
Adeyemi already came up with
eleven years
- after the
FC Bayern
due to
indiscipline
had to leave - to
SpVgg Unterhaching
There he went through all the junior teams before he landed in Austria at Red Bull Salzburg.
Manni Schwabl
himself
also had a not insignificant part in the positive development
. “Naturally less of a sport,” he explains.
“But
I've definitely made a contribution
to
personal development
.
At that age, it is also crucial that you
personally
get the talents
on the right track
. "
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And according to Schwabl, that was often anything but easy.
“He was - as they say in Bavaria -
a real Bazi.
Some of
the
gray hair
I have from
Karim is also
there, ”says the Haching boss with a smile.
"
I know
all the
teachers and principals
in the area very well -
for certain reasons
."
Manni Schwabl: "Not just football, school too"
A few measures later, a lot changed for the better.
There was never a problem with sports.
“You often had to tell him:
Not just football, school too.
That's why we sometimes took him
out of training,
”recalls Manni Schwabl.
At some point, however, the
"Zehnerl"
fell.
"Suddenly he was
good, courteous, down-to-earth at school
." That is what makes him particularly proud.
Highly paid football needs something like that.
Today Karim Adeyemi is one of the go-getters in top European football.
First the
Champions League debut
against
FC Bayern
, only a week later his first, not unimportant goal in the premier class against Lokomotiv Moscow.
Slowly but surely, the junior national player is becoming a regular at the Austrian champions.
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The fact that he is now in the starting blocks of a
successful career
should come as a little surprise.
Last year Adeyemi,
born in 2002
, was awarded the
Fritz Walter Medal of the U17
.
A price primarily for special athletic performance, but also for impeccable behavior off the field.
SpVgg Unterhaching could benefit from transfers
For Schwabl there is no doubt
that he will continue to "
cause a sensation
".
He doesn't just have a disinterested interest in it.
Because:
SpVgg Unterhaching
should
earn a lot of money in
future transfers
.
"I have to look at the contract again, but there is definitely
something good in it for us
." That is also essential for training clubs.
"Otherwise you can
not survive
financially
."
Should Karim Adeyemi continue like this,
nothing should
stand
in the way of
a
Hachinger rain of money
- "if he does
n't get injured,
" adds Manni Schwabl.
(Pascal Edenhart)