Pawel Wszolek – here in a duel with Paul Jaeckel – wants to fight the iron. City-Press/Matthias Renner–
He played in England. In the championship with QPR. He played in Italy’s Serie A. For Sampdoria and Hellas Verona. With Legia Warsaw, he fulfilled his dream of the championship twice. Now Pawel Wszolek wants to get started with 1. FC Union in Germany.
“The Bundesliga is one of the strongest leagues in the world. It has always been my goal to play in stronger leagues. I moved abroad in the summer of 2013, when I was in my early 20s. When I returned to Poland in 2019, it was already a step back. But only because I wanted to become champions in my home country, ”said the offensive player, who has his greatest strengths on the right wing.
Becker’s bad luck would be Wzolek’s chance
With the Iron, this is actually the empire of Sheraldo Becker. But Unions Gold Cup drivers had to slow down with muscular niggles in training this week. This increases the chance for the 29-year-old from Poland to get a starting eleven on Sunday in Munich (3:30 p.m.) when the iron start the season in the cup at Türkgücü.
A delayed approach. A move to Germany was already on the agenda in 2013. Jörg Schmadtke wanted to guide him to Hanover. Allegedly there was an agreement, the medical check was prepared. The bill failed and there was bad blood.
“At Polonia there was chaos because they had to go to the 4th division. I was 20 and suddenly there were hundreds of advisors. I no longer knew who to trust. Everyone just wanted to earn money from me. You felt like a puppet, ”said Wszolek, looking back.
“In Polish newspapers it was said that my girlfriend had locked me in the cellar at the time to prevent the change,” Wszolek said with a laugh. It is not known whether she just wanted to save him from German cuisine or whether she feared a sales movement on his part. But six months later – at that time Magda was already his fiancée – they went to the Apennine peninsula together. In Bella Italia the culinary delights are a bit more appealing …
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