Baku over Van Bommel: "Everything with Ball" - Ridle

Five test bankruptcies are also a new experience for Ridle Baku, but in panic, the right outer railway player of the VfL Wolfsburg is therefore not. Finally, there are plenty of reasons why the results in the preparation have not yet voted. "We have a new coach, a completely new game idea, only now all players are back in training. It should not be an excuse, but under these conditions the preparation was not so easy," explains the 23-year-old in the Ridle (Thursday issue). He emphasizes overlooking the upcoming cup game: "If it counts, then we have to be there."

But this with changed play style. EX-COACH OLIVER GLASNER was still great value on the work against the ball, his successor Mark van Bommel has focused on the Wolfsburg game with the ball in the past preparatory weeks. "The Dutch School" is called Baku. "We make everything with ball, practicing almost in every unit passport game. That's a change."

"I act like or so extremely offensively"

A change that takes time. Time that the VFL hardly has, finally starts in a week the Bundesliga, in a month the Champions League. Is not it risky to partially leave the last successful way? "Risk is always in football," says Baku, who is convinced of the new alignment. "We have the quality, have intelligent players. I'm sure we can implement the idea."

What role the U-21 European Champion plays is not quite clear. And for Baku, who convinced in the past season on the right outbore defensive and offensively, not so crucial. "Because I agreed or so extremely offensively." But what role does he wish? "If she would force me now to set myself to a position, it would probably be right-back."

_ In the Ridle Interview (Thursday edition, ab Wednesday evening also as emagazine), Baku also reports on its former contact with National Trainer Hansi Flick and says in which topic he would not contradict Jupp Heynckes. The 23-year-old also raises the question of whether he would appreciate the Bavarians who had been targeting him a year ago. _