In the present, a good day for Sasa Kalajdzic in the VfB Stuttgart jersey is also a good day for VfB. But every current good day for the Austrian international is actually a bad day for Stuttgart’s future and increases the likelihood that the two-meter man will leave.
“I’m only pursuing the goal of not being relegated. For the moment, I don’t give a damn about the rest.”
Source: Sasa Kalajdzic
Nine games before the end of the season, VfB Stuttgart is still deep in the relegation battle. There is hardly any room for other topics. Not even with Sasa Kalajdzic, the top striker, who seems to be getting back to his form in time after a long injury break. Two goals in the last three games underline that. The fact that there is speculation about whether he will leave VfB after the end of the season doesn’t interest him: “I live every day just to help this club”. He says no more. He doesn’t have to and doesn’t want to. “And even if there was something, I wouldn’t say anything now. But it’s nothing.” Period.
FC Bayern, AS Roma or Tottenham?
Tottenham, AC Milan and Chelsea are said to have at least knocked on the door before this season. Then the shoulder injury intervened. Good for VfB. But now the good Kalajdzic is also bad for VfB. The big wooing has long since begun again. FC Bayern, who are slowly thinking about the time after Robert Lewandowski, are now said to be among them. According to kicker, the name Kalajdzic has long been a topic on Säbener Strasse.
At 24, Sasa Kalajdzic is an investment in the future. Despite his height of two meters, the Austrian national player is agile, strong in the game and dangerous in goals – not only in the air. If he leaves this summer, money will still flow into the VfB coffers. His contract expires in the summer of 2023, when he would be free.
“Sasa is our striker who will shoot us to stay up.”
Source: Pellegrino Matarazzo, coach VfB Stuttgart
The rumor mill is cooking. But VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo, like his striker, answers the recurring questions about the future of his Sturm-Turm in a relaxed manner: “For and is currently not an issue”. Matarazzo and Kalajdzic’s theme is the here and now. Passion. Will. relegation. “The fans are doing everything to ensure that we work our asses off,” Kalajdzic explains in his most beautiful Austrian dialect what is happening. “And if something doesn’t work out, then I run after the ball and try to eat it. That’s the minimum.”
This passion matters. “Sasa is our striker who will shoot us to stay up,” coach Matarazzo is sure. “What comes after, comes after”. FC Bayern, Tottenham or AS Roma? VfB are more likely to hold the class than Sasa Kalajdzic reveals his future in the near future.
Source: SWR