I just watched the Bundesliga-highlights and I noticed that the Bundesliga has a lot of unknown players. I was thinking that those players have a 50-50 percent chance of staying at the top because they could be covered up by other, earlier discovered players. I just wanted to show everyone that there are a lot of good players out there, and theses guys are just a few that I noticed.But let's get to it!
THOMAS KRAFT
This 22 year-old star that plays for Bayern München is very talented and was discovered this season by Louis van Gaal, Bayern's trainer. The keeper is high quality and is on the right track. He was lucky to get the first line-up position because Bayern had an OK very old keeper (Hans Jörg Butt) and a big loser that was sold as soon as possible to 1.FC Köln (Michael Rensing). They didn't cut it and Kraft came in just as strong as his name states, (Kraft means strength in German) and took the role as first keeper - and has been pretty solid and is also on the right track. The problem is that some tabloids have stated that Neuer will be transferred to Bayern and Kraft will be thrown to the sidelines... and his career could be ruined with that sentence.
KEVIN GROSSKREUTZ
This also 22 year-old star is getting a lot of recognition, but I don't think anyone needs a fast winger. A team will think that he'll cost a lot of money and then will say "No, a lot of other teams want him, it's too expensive". All the teams would think that and nobody would buy him. Grosskreutz will play for Dortmund for a while, but he's not that special and will eventually be sold, but if somemone saw how good he was, maybe this could work out after all. For the moment he's at a great club and could get far.
SIDNEY SAM
You probably don't even know Sam. He plays for Bayer Leverkusen and is 23 years-old, he's a player that you don't recognize, because you always think "Oh, Arturo Vidal scored and so did a guy called Sidney Sam", but what you don't notice is how often you say that. It's the same thing with clubs! Sam played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern for a while and then he was picked up by Leverkusen. He's the second best scorer of Leverkusen (don't forget, he plays for the team on second place) with his team-mate Renato Augusto. Sam isn't being recognized even though he's young, an outstanding right midfielder and he plays for the current runner up of the Bundesliga. You could make a bargain deal for him, but nobody does, amazing.
SAMI ALLAGUI
Sami Allagui, the wild card of the year. He scored 9 goals this season so far for FSV Mainz 05, 4 of them he scored when he came off the bench. The man has come from such a small team to a very big team and performs extremely well. For some reason Tomas Tuchel, the coach of Mainz, doesn't put him in the starting line-up. Allagui isn't recognized because he can't show his qualities if he's on the bench. I have to say the 24 year-old is an amazing striker and could be a great addition to München or a similar team.
ILKAY GÜNDOGAN
Gündogan is not on loan from a major team anywhere, he is owned by Nürnberg; they are a cheap team and would sell him for maybe 6 million. That's a bargain price, he's 20 years-old has scored 5 goals as a midfielder and rules the team. The reason teams won't buy him is because no one scouts him and nobody
sees the quality in him, even though he is good.
sees the quality in him, even though he is good.
I can't keep you waiting forever, so this post will be continued next time. Good-bye and have a great day.
YOUR YOR............
THE SOCCER FANATIC
