Wants to build vandevoordt at RB
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RB Leipzig’s goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi assumes the tight schedule and the associated challenges that will be rotated more frequently between the posts in the future. “In the meantime it is equally demanding for the head and body. I realize that it is simply a completely different rhythm if you only play once a week. You have a lot more time for regeneration, you can cure small injuries and go into every game in an optimal condition,” said the 34-year-old in an interview with the “kicker”.
The red bulls did not survive the group phase in the premier class, in the DFB Cup was the end of the semi-finals. “In the first half of the season with the group games in the Champions League. I therefore believe that in the future in the clubs-especially among the top teams-also changing more in the goalkeeper position regardless of the competition, as is completely normal for field players,” said the Hungarian, who will come to 35 missions, 50 goals and 13 zero games this season. His competitor Maarten Vandevoordt (23) can show ten games (nine goals, four times to zero).
The FIFPRO player union recently drew attention to the increasing burden for footballers. As one of many examples, the organization in the social networks also cited Min-Jae Kim from FC Bayern in mid-April, who already played around 50 games for club and national team this season and has already traveled 74,000 kilometers up to that time.
Gulácsi, in the club and top 3 player after missions since 2015, would therefore accept it to switch more and more with VandeVoordt. “We have already done this this season. It is about health and about preventing injuries. Courtois, Alisson, Manuel Neuer, everyone had an injury in the season. Constitution control among goalkeepers is a very interesting topic for the future,” explains the routine. “With a mixture of experience, quality and trust in this quality,” he deals with these stress. After his cruciate ligament rupture and long failure between October 2022 and September 2023, he enjoys it “extremely, still standing on the pitch. For me, this is not as natural for me. I am sure that I will miss this feeling after my career.”
RB Leipzig Gulácsi: Competitor Vandevoordt needs playing time
With a view to the Belgian Vandevoordt, who came from Genk in 2024, Gulácsi said: “A young goalkeeper needs playing time in the new club. Therefore, he is not the one who fights for every minute of play. “And in addition, a young goalkeeper has to get so much potential playing time. It will be more and more in the future, and that is okay for me too.”
Gulácsi’s contract at RB is still running for another year, but then it shouldn’t be over for him. “Clear communication is important to me. I feel very comfortable in Leipzig, but I don’t want to end my career next year. His whole family feels very comfortable in the city. “From my side, I can very well imagine that it will not only go on here for a year. But you also have to see how it goes with the ideas of the club. It is a life topic for the past few years in my career, but I’m very relaxed. We will find a good solution.” For the time afterwards, Gulácsi has no concrete plans: “I always jump from one idea to the other. I think: If you have played at such a high level for so long, you have to take a distance and don’t go straight into something else.”