ARJEN ROBBEN

Arjen Robben reckons the criticism that Mario Gotze is facing at the moment is going to turn him to a better player.

Just about a year back, Gotze had emerged as an absolute hero after making his national team the World Champion.

He was the sole goal scorer in the title match of FIFA World Cup 2014.

But, like every other youngster in the professional circuit, he has also suffered a bit of a slump in form and is currently looking a very, very ordinary player.

All of a sudden, people have started finding a lot of negative things in his game and he is being handed criticism from all quarters, but, according to Robben, the youngster is quite unfazed and is not panicking at all.

Talking to a website, the Dutchman said, “It happens in everybody’s career. You’ve got to go through such phases and Mario knows that. He will develop and come out stronger.”

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Arjen Robben has been out of action for Bayern Munich since March 22 when his club claimed a 2-0 triumph over BorussiaMongladbach. The Dutch winger tore his stomach muscles during this match and the experienced player has ever since then, entered the training complex at SäbenerStraße of Bayern Munich in order to kick-start his rehab training.

There still has not been an official return date set for Robben as it remains uncertain as to when the 31 year old player will be fully recovered and be able to get back into the pitch but Robben has stated that he is hoping to come back by April 28 which is the date when Bayern Munich will be facing off with Borussia Dortmund.

ArbenRobben unveiled information concerning his injury as he said: ‘’That’s my hope. And that’s why I am proud of this team that they beat Leverkusen in the penalty shootout of the quarterfinal. I also hope that we’ll advance against Porto. Then it looks much nicer for me too. Everything runs smoothly. I am under way again. I ride the bike, will start running again soon. We’ll do it reasonable, but also work hard for my comeback. I can’t exactly when that will be.”

Even if Robben is not able to recover in time for Bayern’s match against Borussia Dortmund, his club are still the favorites on winning the German League and are still capable on achieving this task without having the services of ArjenRobben. Read more »

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Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben says that he has a great relationship with manager Pep Guardiola. After taking over as the manager of the German club in 2013, Guardiola has seen an impressive change to the way Bayern have played.

Robben has the experience of playing under some of the top coaches in the world. He has already been part of teams managed by the likes of Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink, Louis van Gaal, and Guardiola. Many felt that Robben would be sold after Guardiola took charge of Bayern Munich. Since the former Barcelona boss favours a team game, the Dutch international was not expected to fit into the plans since he is more self-centric in front of goal.

This has not proven to be the case after Robben has become one of the key members of this Bayern Munich team, which has romped to the top of the table yet again. Read more »

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Arjen Robben has already worked alongside Manchester United’s Louis van Gaal and the former manager of Netherlands is interested in having in his team once more.

Robben is arguably one of the best wingers in the world as he is one of the main engines behind Bayern Munich and their recent string of successful seasons. It was only a year ago that Robben signed a contract extension with Bayern Munich as the Dutch player penned a deal with the club where he would earn £180k-a-week but now that Manchester United are seriously interested in signing Robben, another deal is expected to be in the works as Bayern Munich wants to keep the veteran player and are not interested in selling him anytime soon. Read more »

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