“Can understand that he’s worried”

RB Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch still cannot plan firmly with the Austrian international Marcel Sabitzer. “He has become an important figure in this club in recent years. But it’s difficult to keep a player if he doesn’t want to stay,” Marsch said in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.

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Sabitzer has been associated with record champions Bayern Munich for a while. “I can understand that he worries when it is said that a club like Bayern is interested, and that is just one of many clubs,” said Marsch: “We had good conversations. We are both mature enough and we are both aware that the situation can change or stay the same. “

For the current season, the American sees his team as a title contender before the start on Sunday (3:30 p.m.) at FSV Mainz 05. “Our clearly defined goal is to qualify for the Champions League again,” said the new coach: “We have great respect for all of our rivals, we have to show the best every time the lights come on. If we can do that, think I actually know that we and our squad can consider ourselves a candidate for the championship – but in the role of a hunter. “