Stuttgart’s situation “takes me along”
“I’m not against discovering a new project. Maybe now is the time. Why not discover a new country, a new culture?” Benjamin Pavard had in November in an interview with the French sports newspaper “L’Equipe” said. The defender has now denied that this is equivalent to a wish to leave FC Bayern.sports1“.
“I never said I wanted to go. I know very well that I’m in a very big club where everything is excellently positioned. Whether it’s the team, the physiotherapists, the people in charge, there’s a great atmosphere everywhere. I feel very comfortable here, I like the club and the fans, and I hope that we will achieve great things this season,” said Pavard, who has a contract with Bayern Munich until 2024. With a market value of 35 million euros, the Frenchman is one of the ten most valuable defenders whose working paper ends in the summer after next.
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It was recently reported that Inter Milan dared to push Pavard away from the record champions on Deadline Day in the last transfer window. When asked about this, the 26-year-old reacted calmly. “I’m not one to disembark mid-voyage. My goal was definitely to stay at Bayern. I’m determined to give everything for the club and for the team and I want to win as many titles as possible with Bayern.”
The 47-time French national player sees the fact that the German record champions didn’t want to let him go as a sign of confidence. “Yes, of course. I think I performed well even before the World Cup. But that was definitely a good sign and shows the trust that the club has in me.
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Pavard: Bayern coach Nagelsmann “always there for you” – still feverish with VfB Stuttgart
Pavard described his relationship with head coach Julian Nagelsmann as trusting. “The coach is very open. If you want to talk to him and knock on his door, he’s always there for you. The kind of football he wants to play is exactly what I like too. It’s attacking football where you always have to be on the move. And I learn from him every day how I can still improve,” he said.
Things are getting tight in the Bundesliga at the moment. FC Bayern is level on points but with a significantly better goal difference in first place in the table ahead of Borussia Dortmund. The closest pursuers Union Berlin and RB Leipzig are three and four points away respectively. For Pavard, the championship is “obligatory, then the DFB Cup and the Champions League”. The right foot continues: “The other teams are putting pressure on. It doesn’t matter whether it’s Dortmund, Leipzig, Union Berlin or Freiburg. It’s a tough title race, but we have to focus on ourselves. If we present ourselves like we did against Union, then I’m not worried.”
Next up in the league are Munich’s VfB Stuttgart – Pavard’s former club, which he still follows and whose struggle to stay up in the league has left its mark on the professional. Before matchday 23, the Swabians are in 15th place. “Whenever possible, I still watch the Stuttgart games. I’m still in regular contact with Peter, my translator from back then. The situation is taking me a bit, because it’s a club that meant a lot to me. The fans there are also exceptional, whether in good times or bad. I hope that they can turn things around quickly and stay up in the league. But on Saturday I will have to put all that aside and I hope that we will be successful in Stuttgart. After that, I hope they will win all the other games.”
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