Back to related RB Leipzig after more than a month out due to injury, the Brazilian striker Romulo will be available to coach Ole Werner for this Saturday’s duel (20), against Bayer Leverkusen, in the Bundesliga.
In his career, the 23-year-old player has left a good impression. There are already four goals and three assists in 11 matches.
And the praise is not just limited to the technical aspect and his fit into the team, but also extends to the dedication of the Paraná native in his work without the ball and in his day-to-day training. A characteristic that, according to the athlete himself, he learned to admire in a star on the team to be beaten by everyone in Germany, .
“The other day I even joked with my manager. We were watching the Tottenham documentary, and there was a situation where the [José] Mourinho says he trains him every day like a lion. Then I said: Well, if Harry Kane trains like that, won’t I train? You have to be inspired by these guys, who are the top guys in the world”, says Rômulo, in an interview at the RB Leipzig training center, which was attended by reporters from CNN Brazil.
The possibility of developing in a tournament that historically favors center forwards was one of the issues that helped the striker decide to transfer to .
Revealed by , Rômulo was signed by Göztepe, from the Turkish second division, last year. After standing out, he received offers from other European clubs (including Fulham, from ), but chose to go to German football.
“It’s a league in which a lot of goals are scored, that’s good for me. It produced great center forwards. And that made my eyes shine. I talked to my family, with my wife, and we thought the time was not right to go to the Premier League. I think we made the right choice”, he says.
Neymar as an idol
Despite having been trained at Athletico-PR, Rômulo does not hide his childhood passion for another Brazilian club: .
A Peixe fan, influenced by his father, he grew up following the player who became an idol and one of the references for the striker.
“My father was a Santos fan and he passed that on to me. I’ve been a Santos fan since I was little. I grew up watching Neymar play, so there’s no way to name another [ídolo]. He made me fall in love with football, with the magic he created at Santos, Barcelona, PSG”, he adds.
*The journalist travels at the invitation of RB Leipzig
