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Freiburg (AP) - Defender Philipp Lienhart from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg is critical of the sometimes horrific transfer fees and salaries in professional football.
«To be honest: that is absurd.
In Europe a player changes clubs for 200 million euros, on the other side of the world people starve to death every day.
This can no longer be conveyed to anyone - especially not to the fans, "said the 24-year-old in an interview with" t-online "(Friday).
He knows that he is part of this system and benefits from it.
"I've already spent unnecessary money," the Austrian explained.
"But looking back, I'm glad that I started a normal apprenticeship as an office clerk while I was still at boarding school," said Lienhart.
“I also know what it's like to work for 500 euros a month.
I think it's not good when young players get contracts worth millions straight away. "
There is a risk of losing touch with reality and developing a poor way of dealing with money.
“And you can also lose focus in sports because you think you've already achieved a lot.
So I think it's dangerous to get too much money too quickly. "
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