Gnabry and the Bayern Munich gene: “You always want and must win, but everyone wants to beat you”

Plagued by injuries last season, with just 764 minutes played, Serge Gnabry he wants to take his revenge. The left winger born in 1995 knows that there is a lot of competition Bayern Munich and with Vincent Kompany this season the objectives have become ambitious again and not to be missed, especially on his part who plays with the shirt of Die Roten for six years now. Which is why, in the interview with the Bavarian club’s magazine, he was asked what the DNA Bayern.

“I would describe it like this: you always want to win, you always have to win, and at the same time everyone else wants to beat you. You have to constantly fight against this because you don’t want to lose, no matter what. I adopted this gene very quickly. It’s very difficult for me to imagine myself don’t feel this mentality in me at some point.”

A big European mentality that comes naturallyexplains Gnabry: “It happens quite automatically. Anyone who comes to Bayern realizes very quickly that a different wind blows in training, that matches are approached differently. You see, feel and live this desire to always win every day. This is precisely where this special ambition, this gene, comes from.”

What level he has reached from 2018 to today at Bayern: “I would say that I have reached the stage of adulthood, the stage of reason. In every sense. And that feels good. Of course, the youthful enthusiasm of the past was fantastic. But everything in its time. I’ll be 30 next year, which always makes me think that footballers need to start thinking about what’s next. But I definitely don’t feel that way yet – not even like I’m 29 (smiles, ed.).”

At 29, he is in the prime of his career, among players like Musiala and Thomas Muller. But there is still something to learn: “More common sense from the older players. Even Thomas is starting to make sense now (laughs, ed.). And from the younger ones, the joy of living and the happiness with which they face things. Sometimes it’s better not to think too much. Both are enriching.”