As a soccer player, Max Kruse is the role model we need in our capitalist society.
Wait, dear readers, read on - and if you find yourself sitting in a taxi, don't leave 75,000 euros in shock.
Like Kruse in 2015. We can really explain the first sentence.
Like Kruse in 2013, when he had his Maserati painted in camouflage colors ("I like it").
And we think we have a good argument for that.
Just like Kruse in 2022, when he changed clubs during the winter break because of a contract offer from Wolfsburg (“long-term and highly paid”).
Now that Kruse is no longer allowed to play there, he constantly provokes his employer.
Why should someone like that be a role model?
Because Kruse defied the logic of the meritocracy in his career.
With his talent, he could have played in the Champions League season after season – and he only did it nine times.
He didn't want to lose his lust for life.
And so you can pay Max Kruse a compliment that is not a compliment for most footballers: He has not become what he could have been.