Football: Admir Mehmedi settles accounts with former club Wolfsburg

Admir Mehmedi (30) spent four years at VfL Wolfsburg, more than at any other club abroad. But the ex-Nati player was not always satisfied with the wolves.

Because in the first half of the 2021/22 Bundesliga season, Mehmedi only played three minutes in the opening game against Bochum. “I had a wonderful time in Wolfsburg – except for the last six months. These were among the worst in my career,” the former FCZ junior summed up to “sportbuzzer.de”.

The main reason for this is his non-nomination to the Wolves Champions League squad. Mehmedi, who was one of the players with the most international experience at the start of the season, was not considered by the then VfL coach Mark van Bommel (44).

“You were powerless”

“I’m humanly disappointed by some people how the whole thing went.” However, he does not mention any names. It’s funny when “a player who was almost always a regular player for three or three and a half years suddenly no longer plays a role”.

He is aware that it would not always have been enough for a place in the starting XI. “But nobody can tell me: ‘From now on you’re number 26 or 27 in the squad’. Even today I can’t understand what happened in the summer.” The 76-time Nati player felt stamped. “You were just behind, you were powerless.”

Renaissance in Turkey?

The redemption is called Antalyaspor. The 30-year-old moved to the Turkish first division club in mid-January. And the transfer is spot on: “I’m valued here and have a good connection to the coach (ex-BVB professional Nuri Sahin, editor’s note), who appreciates me personally and athletically.”

But there is also a drop of bitterness in Turkey: In his eighth game for the twelfth of the Süper Lig, the offensive player had to be replaced injured at the beginning of March. The season seems to have gone. (che)

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