Borussia Mönchengladbach: Christoph Kramer on egoism in football

“That’s not appropriate”

According to Christoph Kramer, professional football is impossible without self-interest. “Envy is a hard word. But without resentment and without this ‘I only look at myself’, no one would have become a professional footballer,” said the 32-year-old Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder in the podcast “Copa TS“.

“Everyone who has become a professional footballer has to be an egoist, has to be able to go above and beyond and has to put himself first because otherwise he wouldn’t have become one,” said the twelve-time national player, who became world champion with the DFB team in 2014 . Kramer only excluded the 1.5 percent who had such “crazy talent” that they would always make it.

World champions 2014: The German squad according to market values ​​at the time

23 Miroslav Klose | Club at that time & market value: Lazio – €1 million

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22 Roman Weidenfeller | Club & market value at the time: BVB – €5 million

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21 Erik Durm | Club & market value at the time: BVB – €6 million

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20 Shkodran Mustafi | Club at that time & market value: Sampdoria – €7 million

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19 Christoph Kramer | Club at that time & market value: M’gladbach – €8 million

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18 Ron-Robert Zieler | Club & market value at the time: Hannover 96 – €9.5 million

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17 Kevin Grosskreutz | Club & market value at the time: BVB – €10 million

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16 Matthias Ginter | Club & market value at the time: SC Freiburg – €12 million

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15 Benedikt Höwedes | Club & market value at the time: Schalke – €16 million

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14 Per Mertesacker | Club at that time & market value: Arsenal FC – €18 million

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13 André Schürrle | Club at the time & market value: Chelsea FC – €20 million

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12 Sami Khedira | Club at that time & market value: Real Madrid – €22 million

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11 Lukas Podolski | Club at the time & market value: Arsenal FC – €23 million

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10 Jérôme Boateng | Club at that time & market value: FC Bayern – €28 million

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8 Philipp Lahm | Club at that time & market value: FC Bayern – €30 million

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8 Julian Draxler | Club at that time & market value: Schalke – €30 million

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6 Mats Hummels | Club & market value at the time: BVB – €35 million

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6 Bastian Schweinsteiger | Club & market value at the time: FC Bayern – €35 million

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5 Manuel Neuer | Club at that time & market value: FC Bayern – €40 million

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4 Toni Kroos | Club at that time & market value: FC Bayern – €42 million

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3 Mario Götze | Club at that time & market value: FC Bayern – €48 million

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1 Thomas Müller | Club at that time & market value: FC Bayern – €50 million

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1 Mesut Özil | Club at that time & market value: Arsenal FC – €50 million

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“That’s not appropriate,” said Kramer in general about what he believes to be necessary egoism. In this context, the midfielder also said that at the beginning of his career he could not be happy about victories for his own team if the person playing for him played well or even scored a goal. “Which is a total shame,” emphasized Kramer.

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