Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 10:45 AM• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 11:07

Jamal Musiala is committed to an international career in the shirt of Germany. The Bayern Munich attacking midfielder was born in Germany in 2003 and has a Nigerian father and a German mother. Musiala lived most of his youth in England and was part of Chelsea’s youth academy for some time, but despite this Bayern’s talent prefers die Mannschaft.

In an exclusive interview with The Athletic Musiala explains why he came to this choice. “England really feels like home to me,” said the Bayern midfielder. “It is difficult to put into words my feeling for that country, because I have many memories associated with very positive emotions. My heart is beating for Germany and England and my feeling for both countries will never disappear,” said Musiala, who has long reflected on the issue surrounding his career as an international.

“The question of which country I should represent has occupied me for a long time. What is the best for my future?” Musiala wonders aloud. “In which country do I have the best prospects of playing time? In the end I listened to the feeling I had for some time that Germany is the best choice for me, the country where I was born. Nevertheless, it was certainly not an easy choice for me. me “, Musiala emphasizes. Despite his decision to play for Germany in the future, he continues to have warm feelings for Chelsea and the English Football Association.

“That is really like family to me and I am sure I will continue to be part of that family even now that I have left England. Without the trust and support of Chelsea and the FA I would never have gotten this far. there for me in the good and bad times. I have not always come down an easy path, but because of this I have become the player I am today “, concludes the grateful Musiala. According to BILD the midfielder can expect an invitation from national coach Joachim Löw for the World Cup qualifying matches between Germany and Iceland (March 25), Romania (March 28) and North Macedonia (March 31).

Musiala experienced a milestone on Tuesday evening in Bayern’s away match against Lazio (1-4) in the eighth final of the Champions League. With the second hit on behalf of der Rekordmeister At 17 years and 363 days, Musiala is the youngest Englishman ever to score in the billion dollar ball. After Bojan Krkic (17 years and 217 days), he is the youngest ever goal scorer in the knockout stages of the Champions League.