Bremen/Marbella – He played for Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga for five years and has laced his shoes for Borussia Dortmund for three and a half years – Julian Brandt, on the other hand, has never played for SV Werder Bremen during his career. Brandt was born in the Hanseatic city, grew up there and played at SC Borgfeld and later at FC Oberneuland. But instead of going to the big green-white neighbors, Brandt was drawn to the green-white VW club, VfL Wolfsburg, where he became German A-Youth Champion in 2013. Despite this, Brandt still feels a great connection to his hometown, where he regularly visits his family. In an interview with Sport1 at the BVB training camp in Marbella, Spain, the 26-year-old midfielder revealed that one day he could definitely imagine an engagement with SVW.
When asked which club he would like to play for again in the future, he replied Julian Brandt: “As a small child, I always resolved to become a professional and return to Bremen at some point. My little brother plays there, my family lives in Bremen. I have a special relationship there.” Brother Jascha (19) has been playing in the U23 team since summer 2021 Werder Bremen. Only a few months ago, national player Julian revealed that he certainly believes his brother, who is seven years his junior and who has also been able to get a taste of the pros in the past, is capable of making the leap to the Bundesliga in Bremen. In addition to brother Jascha, Brandt’s parents still live in Bremen. Papa Jürgen is even Julian’s advisor.
Better Werder Bremen than all that money – Julian Brandt: “I couldn’t imagine playing in the desert one day”
Despite the family connections to Bremen Julian Brandt its near future currently for the time being Borussia Dortmund, where he still has a contract until the summer of 2024. What happens after that is completely open to him. “I feel good here, but who knows where the wind will blow you,” said the offensive all-rounder: “If everything is going great here, we hug each other and I extend the contract, then I would be happy. But anything can happen.”
On Transfer to the SV Werder Bremen should still be quite a long way away. As a German national player, why should he voluntarily give up the Champions League and swap it for the Bundesliga relegation battle in Bremen? However, he can “categorically rule out” a move to China or to the desert in Qatar, like world star Cristiano Ronaldo did to Al-Nassr recently. “Personally, I can’t do anything with such transfers. In any case, I couldn’t imagine playing in the desert one day,” explained Brandt. A move to Bremen would be more conceivable, but “that doesn’t have to happen”. It would be “more my thing anyway” than going to the desert, like that Julian Brandt. (mwi)