New start under the dark
Dodi Lukébakio is considered one of the candidates for sale at Hertha BSC. Several foreign clubs are rumored to be associated with the right winger. In an interview with ‘Bild’, the 24-year-old confirmed his interest in himself, but said he wanted to assert himself at the capital club.
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« It’s true that Olympiacos want me, there is also interest from Belgium, Spain and Italy. But I’m 100% focused on Hertha. I feel very at home. comfortable with the new coach and Fredi Bobic, » said Lukébakio, who came to Berlin in 2019 for 20 million euros from FC Watford (played on loan at Fortuna Düsseldorf). So far, he has only been able to repay the third-highest transfer fee in the club’s history to a limited extent, with 15 goals and 13 assists in 66 games.
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Lukébakio spent last season on loan at VfL Wolfsburg because he was looking for « a new challenge » there. « Actually I was supposed to go to Lille, then it was Wolfsburg, » the left-(Site notre bureau spécialisé)er revealed. With Lower Saxony, however, he did not go beyond the status of an additional actor. There should be a fresh start this season – at his regular club. « Of course I want to stay, » said Lukébakio. “Hertha is now my home. We have great fans, a beautiful stadium. I have a lot of good memories in me that I want to relive. And the coach also wants me to stay.
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After Ante Covic, Jürgen Klinsmann, Alexander Nouri, Bruno Labbadia and Pál Dárdai, Sandro Schwarz is Hertha’s sixth manager for the four-time Belgium international and he has also witnessed the switch from Mark van Bommel to Florian Kohfeldt at Wolfsburg.
Those responsible for the ‘old lady’ and Lukébakio, who explained how important a good relationship with a coach is to him, hope that continuity will now return under the 43-year-old: « He shows and explains a lot of things to me, says what I can do better. For me it’s very important because I see that he trusts me and wants to improve. I want to give that back on the pitch.
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