Rising FC Augsburg teenager Mert Kömür seems in line for Bundesliga begin this weekend
There have been many fascinating points to Augsburg head coach Jess Thorup’s press convention yesterday. For starters, Thorup revealed that might have collapsed. Thorup confirmed that the Finland worldwide was again together with his Bundesliga facet.
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“Freddy is again in particular person coaching and we’ll see what occurs over the following few days,” Thorup stated. “He’s been given the chance to speak to a different membership attributable to his expiring contract. In such circumstances, one at all times needs to determine the place one goes and what’s attainable.“
German footballing publications handled Jensen’s switch as a given this week. As such, plenty of Augsburg-related chatter has targeted on 19-year-old phenom Mert Kömur. The teenage expertise – who performs Jensen’s place – scored the game-winning objective towards VfL Bochum final week.
Kömur has now scored two targets and registered one help in 15 league appearances this season. He featured in Thorup’s beginning XI as soon as earlier than this season, however was yanked on the half on matchday 14 towards Bayer Leverkusen.
That efficiency however appears completely forgotten after Kömür turned the third Augsburg participant to make membership historical past this yr. Kömur – having scored a objective towards Leverkusen on final season’s closing matchday – turned the primary FCA teenager to ever rating three Bundesliga targets.
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The whole crew made historical past final weekend, Thorup indicated that he was desperate to see extra historical past from Kömür towards Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
“If a participant comes out of a sport with a objective – like Mert – then that’s clearly a bonus,” Thorup remarked on Thursday. “He has momentum and confidence. I’ve plenty of good gamers, however he [Kömür] is near the beginning XI. That’s clear.”
“He’s needed to get extra appearances and play from the beginning,” Thorup continued. “And he’s heading in the right direction. Mert is a prime footballer. He has technical abilities, he can rating targets. Now now we have to be sure that he additionally works as arduous as attainable when he’s not on the ball.”
GGFN | Peter Weis