“It was hopeless with Seoane”

Nadiem Amiri discussed his difficult year on the pitch and how his career has been revitalized under Xabi Alonso.

Nadiem Amiri was not included in Gerardo Seoane’s plans at the company club. The former German international was so fed up that he played at Italian side Genoa on a half-season loan in early 2022.
But now, Amiri is improving and looked ecstatic after scoring against Köln on Matchday 14. Speaking to ‘kicker’, the midfielder said:

“I was gone and I’m back. I have no words for how I am doing right now. I have never experienced anything like this before: to be dead and to work back like that. This feeling I have right now is indescribable.”

Adding, “A year ago I sat at home crying. These are things that no one sees. My father was crying in the stands.”

The 26-year-old nearly left again in the offseason, but Xabi Alonso has rewarded his effort in training with more playing time:

“It was hopeless with Seoane. – Since I’ve returned in the summer, no one can say that I didn’t go full throttle in every training. This gives me this inner peace. And thank God, thank God, this will now also be rewarded after the change of coach.”

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