Lukas Görtler spent one season at Bayern.
Uli Hoeneß and Pep Guardiola made a special impression on today's professional at FC St. Gallen.
Lukas Görtler
had
his first and only Bundesliga
appearance under
Pep Guardiola
.
After his time at
1. FC Kaiserslautern
, he is now playing for
FC St. Gallen
in
Switzerland
.
He
learned a lot
during his
time in Munich
.
Pep Guardiola and Uli Hoeneß have made a lasting impression on the 26-year-old.
Munich
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It was not enough
for the breakthrough on
Säbener Strasse
.
Nevertheless,
Lukas Görtler took
his first steps in professional football at FC Bayern.
The 26-year-old plays for
FC St. Gallen
in
Switzerland
today
, but has also played in the
first
and
second Bundesliga
.
FC Bayern: Pep Guradiola brought Lukas Grötler to his limits
The
then 20-year-old had his first Bundesliga appearance
under
Pep Guardiola
, and it should remain the only one.
Görtler came
on in the 72nd minute against
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
and was allowed to sniff the Bundesliga for a short time.
He was also
regularly involved
in training with the professionals at
FC Bayern Munich
.
The sessions with the successful Spanish trainer have pushed him to his limits as a young talent.
"
I'm almost desperate,
" says
Görtler
in Sportbild.
He remembered one exercise in particular: “In the third training session with the professionals, Pep wanted me to play a diagonal pass.
It didn't work the first two times, but Pep
persisted
.
In the end nothing worked anymore. "
Not a great feeling for a young footballer when he wants to offer himself and then can't keep up.
But
Guardiola then
took
Görtler
aside and encouraged him: "
I didn't just want to confront you, I wanted to prepare you for such situations in the game and get used to dealing with extreme pressure
."
Lukas Görtler: "Uli Hoeneß pays off a player's debts from a private pocket"
Not only the Catalan left a lasting impression on the Bamberg native.
Görtler
also remembers
Uli Hoeneß
, whom he
had to convince
of the approval for his move to
1. FC Kaiserslautern
in the 2. Bundesliga: “No way”, the then Bayern president had said during the first attempt.
But Görtler did not give up.
He spoke again before and after a “super talk”, but Hoeneß agreed.
Another act impressed the offensive player even more.
A former FCB youth player was in
financial difficulties
and
Hoeneß
took on the matter: "He made a phone call to a bank where a former Bayern player from the youth division had debts.
Hoeneß paid these debts privately and wanted the player with it to help out of a personal low
. "
(Johanna Grimm)
