Yes, and then he asks the fans for their understanding
He is authentic. A very special footballer. Bla bla bla. But that’s the way it’s always said when it comes to Max Kruse. But let’s be honest: The 33-year-old gambled away his great status at the latest when he switched to VfL Wolfsburg. Because Kruse, who officially always feels so connected to the clubs with which he is under contract, changes the jersey from red to green for just one reason: he will collect more money in the future. That’s all.
The real problem is that Kruse always pretends to be one of the people. A footballer like you and me, who lives and loves his club and celebrates with the fans. The opponent criticizes openly and honestly and takes the whole football circus as little seriously as he does himself. That appealed to the football romantics, who saw him as one of them. But then this change does not fit in with that.
Union is fourth in the Bundesliga, is in the quarter-finals of the DFB Cup and is having the best season in the club’s history. And Kruse? He changes to the mouse-grey table fifteenth because he earns more there. Hi? At Union, as Max Kruse, you certainly don’t make bad money either. It can’t always be about the coal.
And then he asks the Union fans for their understanding of his decision. This is an absolute disgrace.
Among other things, he justifies his move by saying that he still has a chapter open in Wolfsburg. But what exactly does that mean? Why doesn’t he explain it better? Before moving to Berlin, Kruse had said that “he let his heart decide”. He not only broke the heart of the Union fans with the decision to change, but also the football fans throughout Germany.