Schruns (dpa / lsw) – Five years after his short-term failed move to SC Freiburg, Michael Gregoritsch now feels ready for the Baden Bundesliga soccer team at the second attempt. “It was better to come here now as a mature man, not as a little boy,” said the 28-year-old, who arrived at the Breisgauer training camp in Schruns, Austria, on Friday.
When he left Freiburg in 2017 after discussions with the SC managers and coach Christian Streich, he was actually sure that he would introduce himself to FC Augsburg “just out of politeness” as agreed. Then he switched from Hamburger SV to FCA – out of a “gut feeling”, as the striker now explained. Freiburg seemed to him to be “perhaps too big a step” and he felt overwhelmed. In addition, the shorter distance from Augsburg to his friends and family at home attracted him to Austria.
When Streich called Gregoritsch again, it was a heartfelt wish for the Austrian national player to clear up the story from back then. They would have done that in a long conversation, so the newcomer. The fact that the SC coach was still interested in him and “that the club, which finished sixth last season and was in the cup final, want me now, I’ve worked for that and I’m a bit proud of that,” said Gregoritsch. He is sure that he “can develop further under Streich.” Gregoritsch moved from FCA to Freiburg on Friday, while Ermedin Demirovic moved from Baden to Augsburg.
