The Borussia Monchengladbach coach admired the former winger who left the club to join Borussia Dortmund and also asked the fans to not put extra pressure on the new signings.
Borussia Monchengladbach manager Lucien Favre openly commended Marco Reus’ potential after the 23-year-old joined the Bundesliga Champions earlier this summer. The Gladbach boss also acted to ease on the expectations from the new
striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luuk-de-Jong-c22956.
The boss just recently signed a contract extension until 2015 after guiding the side to a fourth place finish in the last league season. He insisted that to find a replacement for the midfielder was not possible and told that the
star player contributed to almost all of Die Fohlen’s goals in the previous campaign.
"[Reus] is totally impossible to replace. He was involved in 90 per cent of our goals last season,” he stated.
The coach revealed that the attacker is under-rated and very few individuals recognise his talent. The youngster has immense quality and reads the game really well.
“He has so much potential that few people in Germany actually realise. His game is incredibly intelligent, he understands everything," he said.
Furthermore, the tactician calmed down the hype surrounding new boy De Jong and told the supporters to give the forward time to adapt because the German League is much more competitive than the Dutch League although, the striker
was the top scorer at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233.
"De Jong scored his goals in Holland. In http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 it is more difficult, the quality of the opponent is better here," he added.
The Dutch international admitted that he feels the intensity and the pressure, but is confident that after being a free scorer in Netherlands he will cope well and repay the faith of his employers following a big money move. The
attacker wants to be a team player and is ready to enhance his talent and display his potential for his new side.
"The pressure is already there, to be honest, but I was top scorer for Twente in the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753. I am happy that Borussia Monchengladbach spent so much money on me as I am worth it. I just want to be part of the team, to improve
my ability and show my qualities,” the 21 year-old suggested.
The young prodigy believes that there is more training in Germany and is hoping to settle down immediately as he is a tough lad.
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