Euro 2024: The journey of the poet ‘Bambi’ Musiala, the German hope: texts, chess and karate in London before Brexit

«¡Bambi! ¡Bambi!».Leroy Sane is the older brother of Jamal Musiala in the German team. They both play in the Bayern and the two spent part of their youth in England. They are united by returning home, home. That’s why, because of his boyish face, his fine body, and, he says, “your sensitivity», Sané calls Bambi a She had to for years. In the hallways of Allianz Arena of Munich, after the opening game in which Bambi scored a goal and was named MVP, he was called up again. That 21 year old boy who was born in Stuttgartwhere he plays this afternoon, and grew up in England next to Bellingham is now the illusion of Germany. Behind her, Nigerian father and mother of ancestrypolisha life of travel, football, karate, chess and poetry.

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To understand the quality of the Jamal kid, just read a publication ofFacebook which a Southampton coach wrote when he met him in 2011. The family had just moved from Germany to England because his mother, whose last name he bears, was given a four month scholarship in the University of Southampton. Jamal had seven years and he was already known in his German town for his football talent.

As soon as they arrived, the parents knew that they had to sign the child up for a team. They made several calls, without luck, and went directly to the Southampton stadium, where they met Rosh Bhatti, a club technician. During those four months She had to He was playing on several teams, until his mother’s scholarship ended and he had to return to Germany for a short time. His mother got a job in London and the family returned to United Kingdom permanently. On the parents’ table, three clubs: Southampton, Chelsea y Arsenal. «Southampton are trying to sign a player who has a lot of talent, he is seven years old but I am convinced that he will be a professional player. If you wanted to talk to him about the team and prevent him from leaving for another club, What would you say to him and his family?», Bhatti asked on Facebook.

El poema de Musiala

The intention was good but the answers were of no use, because the family ended up choosing Chelsea because of its proximity to their mother’s work. Jamal grew up there, and at school he signed up for club ofchessiba a karate class and won the poetry contest from school thanks to a poem in which he narrated his first day in Chelsea’s sports city. «I’m sitting in the car. I look out the window. It’s cold outside, it’s winter. But I’m sweating. I am nervous. I do not know what is going to happen. Suddenly, the car stops. I close my eyes. Deep breath. I’m not nervous anymore. I am happy. I know what I have to do. My father opens the door and says: ‘Good luck on your first tryout for one of the best clubs in the world. Premier League!’”, the text said.

His excellent level at Chelsea took him to the lower ranks of England, with which he chose to play because of the ease of playing in international tournaments and because after having arrived in the country at the age of seven, he felt it was his own. There he made a football partner and friendship with Bellinghamgeneration companion. Jude, with the number 8 and Jamal with the 10. «I love him very much. “He is one of my best friends in the world of football,” said Bellingham, who received a video of Musiala when the Englishman won the Kopa Trophy: “We spent three years together in the national team, it was incredible.”

Brexit and its return to Germany

But that path together was broken by Musiala’s decision to represent Germany… And by Brexit. He played for England in U15, U16, U17 and U21. and he even captained the British against Germany in 2019, he had friends there and felt England was his “home”, but he ended up returning to the country where he was born. The implementation of Brexit and the situation of his parents, German and Nigerian, “affected”, German journalists insist today.

His mother left her job and in 2019 they returned to Germany, where Bayern caught him. She was 16 years old. A few months later, Hansi Flick made him debut, with a goal, in the Bundesliga against Leipzig Nagelsmannnow coach, and Goulashgoalkeeper Hungary which he faces today. It is the journey of Jamal.

By Editor

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