The change is already something good for him. “I don’t start in New York until January 13th, so I have longer off than the guys here,” says Emil Forsberg (32) with a big grin!
The midfield star is at home in Sweden with his family over the holidays. Then we go across the pond. However, for the time being without wife Shanga and daughters Florence (5) and Siena (6 months). Forsberg: “We’ve only been in the training camp in Florida for a few weeks. They still stay in Leipzig. But then they come along.”
Shanga Forsberg (31) has been silent for the last few days; she is usually more active on Instagram. But now she spoke up – with emotional sentences: “Nine years later… I’ve processed the last few days and still don’t know where to start?”.
And continues: “I have mixed feelings. We are sad to leave Leipzig, which has become our second home. And sad to leave friends who have become family. During our time in Leipzig we got engaged and later married. We have two beautiful daughters. We don’t have to talk about Emil’s successes because I can’t put that into words. It’s a fairy tale, a story that I wouldn’t have believed before, but was able to witness from the front row.”
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But then she looks ahead: “We are excited about what’s to come. We are happy to stay in the family. New York, New York, we’re going to New York!” She ends her post with the hastag: “#EinmalLeipzigAlwaysLeipzig”.
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Emil and Shanga Forsberg have been going through thick and thin for 19 years and have been married for seven years. Daughter Florence was born in 2018, sister Siena in the summer. Shanga once even played for the RB Leipzig women’s team. Of course, with the departure of the Forsbergs, Leipzig also loses a lot of glamor.
Forsberg himself had already said to BILD: “We decided together to make the change. We are a family. We had to think a lot about it. We feel really comfortable in Leipzig and have a great apartment. The girls grew up here. It’s not easy to say we’re moving. But now we’re happy.”
A legend: Emil Forsberg leaves RB after nine years, 325 games and 71 goals
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There could be a reunion with Forsberg as early as next year. The club is planning a major overseas tour for the first time in the summer after the home European Championship. Possible destination: New York!
No duel with Messi for the time being
In terms of sport, Leipzig has already found a Forsberg replacement in Naples’ Eljif Elmas (24), who will travel to the camp in Spain on January 2nd. The North Macedonian is signing a contract in Leipzig until 2028. The change is expected to become official on Saturday.
However, the national player (56 international matches/12 goals) will not get Forsberg’s shirt number 10. Because she won’t forgive Leipzig anymore for the time being! Forsberg himself says: “I always wore the 10 with pride.”
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Source: BILD December 22, 2023
The MLS schedule is now in place. It starts for Forsberg and New York on February 25th with the away game in Nashville. Bitter for Forsberg: He will probably miss the first duel with Messi and Inter Miami, scheduled for March 23rd – because he is with the Swedish national team at the same time.
2023-12-23 09:33:53
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