The five captains

Davy Klaassen on responsibilities and becoming more dangerous in front of goal
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Davy Klaassen wants to score more goals in the 2019/20 season (Photo: nordphoto).
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Tuesday, 02.07.2019 / 14:44

Davy Klaassen is preparing for his second season in the Bundesliga with SV Werder Bremen. The midfielder is starting his first full pre-season with the Green-Whites having joined the club at the end of July 2018. The Dutchman will head to the Zillertal valley in Austria for the first time next week as pre-season preparations continue. “Of course you cannot fully enjoy the beautiful surroundings while you are training. Pre-season certainly isn’t my favourite time of the season,” said the 26 year-old with a grin as he looked ahead to the forthcoming weeks. The time has come to work hard ahead of next season’s targets.

Following the departure of club captain Max Kruse to Fenerbahce, the Dutchman has taken on more responsibility ahead of the new season. However, Klaassen certainly doesn’t view this as a bad thing: “We have several players in the squad who are taking on a lot of responsibility. We have four or five captains in the squad and that certainly isn’t bad for us.”

Neither the role of captain nor taking up Kruse’s role as a playmaker are Klaassen’s primary aims ahead of the new season. He has hardly played in the number ten role before and prefers to play as a central midfielder – his favourite position. “This was where I played last season.” The Ducthman scored five goals and provided five assists in 33 Bundesliga goals last season as well as providing two more assists in Werder’s run to the DFB-Pokal semi-finals. Unquestionably, Klaassen is a pivotal player for the Green-Whites going into the 2019/20 season and he already has a personal target for the new season: “I want to become more dangerous in front of goal!”

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