“There is a check Dæhlis club choice. He goes from bottom to bottom. “- Aftenposten

COMMENT: When Norwegian players do not succeed in Europe, it is not because they are too poor. They “are not focused on,” writes Ola Bernhus.

When Mats Møller Dæhli now have done something really smart (according Jan Åge Fjørtoft) by going to the German Freiburg, then it is precisely because this is a club that intend to use him on the team, do not let him sit and watch.

So: bet on. That is what is the new explanation for success or failure. It was easier before. When the players were not good enough.

Haken

It is certainly true that Dæhli going to get many chances to show their skills in Freiburg, the transfer fee that is mentioned, 23 million dollars, is high to be such a small club.

But there is a catch by Dæhlis club choice. He goes from bottom to bottom.

Is it right for a player of his type, with dribbling and playful creativity as premier properties, to enroll in a bottom layer? As in the previous season?

Booms at the level

Freiburg is last in the series and have won just two of 17 matches. I’ve had more important things to do than study Bunde Ligas weakest teams now in the fall, but there is something amiss when Fjørtoft and other Norwegians who follow German football, bragging how good football they play. Brilliant football tends to give points.

Whatever is the case, for Dæhli and other Norwegians who dares luck out there, finding the right club. And right league.

Of the three running simultaneously to Cardiff – Dæhli, Magnus Wolff Eikrem and Jo Inge Berget – it was strictly just Dæhli that could be left one a chance. He was the youngest, he was developing strongly, maybe he might be the different player every team – including sluggerlaget Cardiff – could need.

It was wrong.

We have too many examples of Norwegian players who fail. Some of them may blame themselves, others have been prey for cynical agents, but most have missed the level.

It is strongly hoped that Mats Møller Dæhli, an intelligent and utviklingsbar player, get it in Germany.

But it is not easy when you are playing for a bottom layer.

Published: 23.des. 2014 8:58