With careful management of his body and some extra effort on his part to make up for lost ground due to the two bruises he’s suffered so far this season and the discomfort he still feels in his abs Steven Zuber he could go to the World Cup and compete with Switzerland. However, he believes that this path will not help him to find his lost good self back at AEK later on.

Zuber is wanted and this has been happening to him for months. To make matters worse, he is constantly suffering from muscle injuries, so the World Cup trip is likely to set him back even further. The abdominal problem turns out to be chronic and requires surgery. He decided to stay in Greece to have an operation and will logically not follow the team’s winter training, which Sportish says will take place in the Netherlands.

The Swiss midfielder has made a decision that shows his commitment to AEK and his desire to return to the good performances and help them effectively like at the start of last season. Union spent a very significant sum to buy him from Eintracht Frankfurt and the player shows respect for this investment.

The decision not to go to the World Cup was 100% his own based on his long-term game presence. And it goes without saying that AEK is concerned about the long term. She shared this with Matias Almeida before even informing her Swiss national team coach, Murat Yakin. Of course, the people in the group didn’t exercise the slightest influence on him and left him to choose what he thought was best for himself.

At 31, Zuber knows he probably won’t get a chance to play in another World Cup, so the decision wasn’t easy. Almeida, like everyone working for the team, has clearly applauded this brave decision and will work with him to bring him back to the high level he was before he joined the Union.

In his message, Zuber says: “For a few months I’ve been struggling with an injury that doesn’t allow me to be the player I can be 100%.

The decision to have minor surgery and give up a dream was not easy, but it was the right decision for my health.

Unfortunately, in football you often forget where you are in life and what you’ve already achieved because you’re always being watched and evaluated from game to game.

Football has always given me hope, love and motivation for many things in life. I am grateful for that and will work much harder to get back on the pitch as soon as possible!

Of course, at this moment I will be the biggest fan of the national team so that I can support them in the best possible way.”

With Okafor and the “old guard”

The absence of Zuber didn’t make it difficult for Murat Yakin to find a mission with strong options in attack. From this year on, Noah Okafor, who is having excellent seasons in Salzburg, will also be a force to be reckoned with in the major competitions, while there will always be Haris Seferovic and Xherdan Shaqiri.

Granit Xhaka will wear the captain’s armband, while Ricardo Rodriguez, Jan Sommer (currently injured) and Fabian Frei also bring their experience to the table.

The mission of Switzerland

GOALKEEPER

• Jan Sommer (Glandbach)
• Jonas Omlin (Montpellier)
• Gregor Kobel (Dortmund)
• Philip Kehn (Salzburg)

DEFENDER

• Ricardo Rodriguez (Turin)
• Fabian Sarr (Newcastle)
• Manuel Akanji (Manchester City)
• Niko Elvedi (Glandbach)
• Sylvan Widmer (Mainz)
• Eray Cemert (Valencia)

AVERAGE

• Xherdan ShaqiriChicago Fire
• Granite Xhaka (Arsenal)
• Remo Freyler (Nottingham)
• Denis Zakaria (Chelsea)
• Jibril Shaw (Unity)
• Renato Stephen (Lugano)
• Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz)
• Fabian Fry (Basel)
• Michel Aebiser (Bologna)
• Ardon Jasari (Lucerne)
• Fabian Rieder (boys)

AGGRESSIVE

• Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray)
• Brill Embolo (Monaco)
• Ruben Vargas (Augsburg)
• Christian Fasnacht (boys)
• Noah Okafor (Salzburg)