Bayern jewel and DFB hope are 18: This is how the young talent Jamal Musiala ticks

This Friday is the biggest day in the life of Jamal Musiala. The young star of FC Bayern Munich became the youngest German scorer in the history of the Champions League in the first 16 in the first leg of the last 16 in the first leg of the last 16 in the Latium Rome-and at the same time the youngest in the Bavaria jersey. On Wednesday, the German-Briton announced its decision to play for the German national team in the future with a great response: enthusiasm here, anger there.

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and this Friday Musiala, who is the great hope of the team of national coach Joachim Löw at the European Championship this summer, can drive at the European Championship, finally he is of legal age. He should soon sign a much better paid professional contract with Bayern by 2026. A lot to celebrate for an 18th birthday.

But who is the teenager who is the 20-minute drive from Feldkirchen in a small VW Polo every day by his mother Carolin in a small VW Polo, where Jamal lives with his mother and his siblings, to training on Säbener Strasse and back? ? She will soon be rid of her "job".

It all started at TSV Lehnerz

The connection between him and his mother, a German, is very narrow. He was born in Stuttgart, his father comes from Nigeria. Due to his mother Carolin's studies, little Jamal, not even a student, came to Fulda and played in East Hesse for TSV Lehnerz (today SG Baroque city Fulda-Lehnerz). His first youth coach at TSV remembers the first encounter in February 2007. "Jamal just wanted to train with us. His mother told us that he would like to play football and would like to play in the club," says Branko Milenkovski to Sport Buzzer and is in a delight: "I was immediately impressed by him. The other young were already five or six years old. Jamal was just four. noted. "

at TSV Lehnerz were all enthusiastic about the extraordinary talent of Musiala. "He was small, fast, very nimble and just had fun playing football," says Milenkovski. "Jamal developed very well and played with two years older for many years. As soon as we classified him in his actual age group. But then he said coach that he had to return to us with his qualities." Too good, the guy. Too many goals in almost every game. And a sweating dad. Milenkovski: "He was so excited and continued the sidelines up and down." Today Daniel Richard lives in London.

Musiala ends up on the island

One of the stations that Jamal experienced at a young age. Since his parents had moved to Southampton for a semester abroad from Mother Carolin, he had to leave Fulda at the age of seven. Due to the youth of Southampton FC and some trial training sessions, the great talent landed just four months later at Chelsea FC, one of the top clubs of the Premier League. Three German internationals are currently under contract with Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Antonio Rüdiger.

For the next eight and a half years, Musiala became a native of the island. "I've been very happy in England over the years," the 17-year-old told the Fuldaer Zeitung. Musiala is a quiet guy, very friendly and polite. When he speaks German, you hear a light British accent. "My German is not perfect yet, but I understand the language," said the super talent that has both nationalities.

the way back to Germany

After eight years in the youth of the blues, Musiala moved to Munich in summer 2019 at the age of 16. According to the motto "Two birds with one flap", because: Because of the "Brexit" Great Britain, Carolin wanted to return home in the European Union, and FC Bayern also attracted her. "There were some interested parties in Europe, but I loved Bavaria at a young age," reveals Musiala, who could not reject the record champions.

In the B-youth of Bayern, he immediately got the number 10 jersey, coach Miroslav Klose took him under his wing. In June 2020, he made his professional debut under coach Hansi Flick, whose assistant Klose has been since the beginning of the current season. This year he completes the English Abitur and is intended to help Germany win the title at the European Championship. In the final in his second home in London. Would be a nice punch line.