Berlin (AP) – Luca Kilian also wants to play for 1. FC Köln next season.
“Regardless of whether we play internationally next season, I feel good in Cologne and at FC. And that’s why I really hope that things will continue for me here. The chances of me staying at FC aren’t that bad , I think,” said the central defender in an interview with “Sportbuzzer”.
The 22-year-old professional soccer player is on loan from Bundesliga rivals FSV Mainz 05, against whom he scored the winning goal in a 3-2 game last weekend and scored his first Bundesliga goal ever. He had “absolutely no problems celebrating his decisive goal. I was super happy because it was a decisive goal for FC. I let my emotions run free. Football lives off these emotions, after all,” said Killian.
Cologne are eighth in the table with 43 points five games before the end of the season and have a real chance of an international starting place in the coming season. “We’re not playing for the golden pineapple in the remaining five games, but to achieve something for the club. And one thing is clear: if Europe wins out in the end, nobody here will say no.”
His grandfather Amand Theis played around 300 Bundesliga games for 1. FC Nürnberg, Kickers Offenbach, Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf. And he gives tips to his grandson. “He’s always on fire, writes to me before every game and also watches every game. After that we talk about what was good and what maybe wasn’t so good. However, I think that grandpa was a bit more rustic “Kilian said.