Vice-captain with expiring contract: Khedira wants to stay at Union Berlin

Vice-captain with expiring contract: Khedira wants to stay at Union Berlin

Rani Khedira

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Rani Khedira is writing a success story together with Union Berlin. However, his contract expires at the end of the season. The vice-captain would like to stay – and talks about the difficult comparison with brother Sami Khedira.

Rani Khedira is a defensive midfielder for the successful Union Berlin team. However, the contract of the native of Stuttgart expires at the end of the season. In an interview with the picture Khedira spoke about his future plans, football at Union and the shadow that his brother and world champion Sami casts on his career.

In the summer of 2021, Rani Khedira moved from FC Augsburg to Union Berlin on a free transfer. A stroke of luck for both sides. Khedira convinces with strong performances and is seeded with the current leaders of the Bundesliga.

“It’s a nice feeling and somehow a certain confirmation for the whole weeks in which we worked our butts off. It makes you proud because we kept up very well against top teams with fewer economic opportunities,” Khedira said happily the picture about the standings with Union.

The 28-year-old feels comfortable with the Irons and has already internalized the essence of the club. “But we never tire of using the word humility. We don’t go crazy, we know that we can only win or score points if we show our maximum willingness to perform,” explained Khedira in typical Union tone.

Khedira announces timely contract talks with Union

Khedira’s contract expires at the end of the season, and there have not yet been any talks about an extension. But: “I can definitely imagine staying. I feel very comfortable here, quickly found my place at Union. It’s a coherent thing. In 15 months I was able to play 55 competitive games. Oliver Ruhnert (Managing Director, note) has announced that talks will also take place in the near future.”

In Berlin, Khedira is vice-captain and is part of the Union success story. Success is known to the Khedira family; after all, Sami won the world championship, the German championship, the Champions League, the Spanish and the Italian championship.

With the pressure that this record brings, Rani Khedira is now freeing himself: “At first, expectations were very high because people around me said I was the better one. But Sami had beheaded Stuttgart for the championship in 2007 and later went to Real Madrid. Some people expected me to lead VfB to the Champions League title. But I was able to free myself from this pressure quickly. The range was pretty big in 2014 anyway. My brother was part of the World Cup The team and I were playing for Leipzig in the second Bundesliga at the time. But we managed well not to make comparisons all the time. Everyone was and is their own personality.”

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This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Vice-captain with expiring contract: Khedira wants to stay at Union Berlin released.

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