“Chelsea suit me better.” These were the words of a 23-year-old player who had just completed his move to the London club almost ten years back. Dubbed the ‘German Messi’, this player had all the attributes of the original Argentine Messi. However, the words he spoke after completing his move would prove completely wrong. Chelsea didn’t suit Marko Marin at all. It was such a catastrophic move for him that it destroyed any chance of fulfilling his high potential.
His footballing career after arriving at Chelsea looks more like that of an enthusiastic globetrotter hell-bent on exploring. Spain, Italy, Belgium, Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Saudi Arabia, and Hungary. These are the countries his footballing career has taken him to, and it is a journey that most footballers would want to avoid.
And when on March 26, he announced that he would retire at the end of the current season, it was a sad end for a player who was once touted as the German Messi.
So, how did a player whose emergence was one of the first signs of a German golden generation go from farm to obscurity?
Why “The German Messi”?
We have always seen a team being dubbed the ‘Golden Generation’ in football. This is a group of highly skilled football players who are expected to come together, reach their peak collectively and win trophies for every team they play for.
For Germany, the emergence of Marko Marin was perhaps the earliest sign of a German golden generation.
Marin started his career at SG 01 Hoechst and moved to Eintracht Frankfurt before finally settling at Borussia Monchengladbach.
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And within a year, he found his way into the first team.
His mental strength was one of his key areas, as is evident by one of his decisions at the club. At the end of the 2006-07 season, Monchengladbach had been relegated from the Bundesliga. And Marin could have easily joined another club, but he…
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