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Good things take time: eleven years after Timm Klose left Basel, the central defender returns to FCB. For the Basel native, there was no doubt that he now wants to make the move home. Even if Rotblau doesn’t play European this season. “It quickly became clear to me that I wanted to go here,” Klose told the media on Thursday.
A return with a long announcement
One eye of the FCB defender shines with joy at his return. The other eye cries after his second home, Norwich, the one he had just left. Basler played for the English club Norwich City for four years. «I felt very comfortable there. In the end I leave this place to go home. I didn’t have to think much about it anymore, ”says Klose.
However, the now 32-year-old does not want to end his career. He has clear objectives with Rotblau: “I am very hungry and hot to return to the field and show it. It was not a now or never situation. It does not exist for me. Now was the time, ”Klose continued. A moment that has been postponed over and over again in the career of the National Team defender.
In 2009, Klose was retired by FCB coach Thorsten Fink and transferred to FC Thun. Throughout his career, no matter where Timm Klose played, the return to FCB was haunted afterward. In the end, it’s a comeback with an announcement, an announcement that has been going on for years.
Bitten despite the nostalgia
For the first time, a possible return of Klose to Basel was presented after his first year at 1. FC Nürnberg. Back then, in 2012, the Basel resident was in serious negotiations with Rotblau. “It was difficult for me then. They fired me from the team. I had to fight mentally because it was a new situation for me. Suddenly I was criticized in public. Even after my first international game against Wales, I had to go through that. Everything went well, ”said the Basel resident. Nostalgia invaded the defender. I was looking for a place to hold him tight. “But then I quickly realized that I wanted to get through it and then I found the curve again,” says Klose.
An important moment in his career that also shaped his character. I don’t like the easy way. This is boring. In my life it was never easy. I’m glad it did. That made me who I am today, “he explains. A decision that made the Swiss the winner of the DFB Cup with VfL Wolfsburg. And then it moved him to get into the best league in the world, the English Premier League. Timm Klose had found his way to football. During this time, Rotblau was as far away as before in his career.
Critics refuted multiple times
“In Wolfsburg, going back was not the problem. But I have always followed FCB. This club has always been close to my heart. If you grow up here in Basel, there is only one club. Especially once you have used the colors. Just take it with you, ”says Klose. The link, no matter where it was, never disappeared. Klose: “A part of my brain was always thinking about going home.”
A step that has already been taken. At 32 years old. The central defender was injured for a long time. You have now gone through all the preparation with Norwich and are ready for work. From the Bundesliga to the Premier League back to Switzerland. Actually, Timm Klose should be at the height of the Super League. Doubt about him and his abilities as a player has always been Basler’s companion. “At that point they told me that I was not good enough for the Bundesliga. Then I prevailed. The exact same thing happened with the Premier League. I am too slow and immobile. There I prevailed as well, ”explains Klose, who knows how to deal with expectations in Basel:“ I hope this is all positive. But I’m also happy to be able to tackle this together with other prominent players. I alone am not the savior.
Row to title together
One thing is clear: with Timm Klose, FC Basel have beaten a boy. A man with charisma and humor. A player with character. But he alone will not be able to keep the course of the red-blue ship, on the contrary. «For me it is very important to have team spirit. In Norwich I always talked about the fact that it was a rowboat where everyone had to row together. If someone does not row, they simply move to the left or to the right “, said the FCB defender, who also did not hide his goals with the red-blue:” I want to be as successful as possible with FCB. I think it is logical that this has to do with winning the championship and the cup. Otherwise, you don’t have to play soccer. In the end you go out to the field because you want to win.
