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
“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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