Born in Franke, Miami plays alongside football celebrities.
Train on the side of Lionel Messi and chat with David Beckham? Normality for US legionnaire Julian Gressel. As a professional from Inter Miami, the Franke -born has long got used to the celebrities around him. “It is not the case that you are mega nervous to stand in front of them. It was maybe at the beginning, now it all normalized,” said Gressel in the podcast “Kicker meets dazn”.
The 31-year-old moved from FC Eintracht Bamberg to the USA in 2013 and ended up in Florida at the side of Messi and Luis Suárez after the Atlanta United, DC United, Vancouver Whitecaps and Columbus Crew in early 2024. He feels Messi world champion as a rather normal type. “You can see his ambition and his will to win the games and have these positive results,” said Gressel: “That stands out. But on the other hand, he is quite normal as a person.”
Gressel’s contract in Miami, at the club of co -owner Beckham, runs until the end of 2026. The midfielder is currently heavy and has not yet been used in the first four league apartments of the new season.