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4 days ago
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'A really good next step' - Kalajdzic scores on injury return
Wolves striker Sasa Kalajdzic says his "ambitions will go higher" after scoring on his return from injury in the pre-season game in has been unfortunate with injuries since joining Wolves in 2022, suffering a knee injury on his debut and then ruptured cruciate and lateral ligaments in his right knee while on loan with Eintracht Frankfurt in February 2024."It was a really good feeling [to play] after a long, long time," he told club media., external "Just kicking the ball with my mates in an unofficial but, for me, more official game and I'm just happy everything went well."I gained more minutes, playing with the others to get to now them again more and more on the pitch and it was a really good next step."The most important thing is to tick it off and have that first game again. Just feel everything, get aware of everything - that was a really good first step. There is a long pre-season to go, a lot more games and my goals will go higher and ambitions will go higher with that."The 28-year-old did mark his first appearance for 18 months with a goal but Wolves fell to a 2-1 defeat by local side CD Santa Clara."Always great [to score]," he said. "It is easier for and easier for everyone if you are successful but today was very good. In training I hit it a few times but it is not the same feeling and hope I can continue with this."I felt stable, felt good, felt strong. The last minutes were kind of hard, especially with the heat, so every game and every minute is helping me recover better. "In terms of the injury, it felt good."
Yahoo
22-06-2025
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Sasa Kalajdzic expresses enthusiasm for potential Bundesliga return
Recently linked with a return to the Bundesliga, Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sasa Kalajdzic has spoken on potentially suiting up for another German club. The former Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt man could well imagine continuing his career in Germany. Kalajdzic spoke at length about his former Swabian side in a Kicker interview. 'I even considered flying to Berlin,' Kalajdzic enthusiastically remarked when commenting on Stuttgart's DFB-Pokal Final tie against Arminia Bielefeld. 'but that would have been too difficult. I watched on TV and was extremely happy. The club and the fans deserve it, and so does the team. They play great football and rewarded themselves for a season with more ups than downs. Advertisement 'I've said many times that VfB [Stuttgart] is the club closest to my heart,' Kalajdzic also said. 'I watch almost every game. I'm still in touch with some of the players I have a lot of friends there. My wife also felt very much at home in Stuttgart. VfB is my first big love in football, and it always will be. I'm happy that the clu.b is where it is now. I hope it can climb even higher, because I believe VfB belongs at the top.' As to whether he could envision perhaps returning to Stuttgart to play someday, the 27-year-old obviously needed to note that his familiarity with the team precluded such a possibility. Kalajdzic can't hope to accuse playing time behind the likes of strikers Deniz Undav, Ermedin Demirovic, and current 'man-of-the-moment' Nick Woltemade. There's also the matter of the Austrian international's troubled injury history. 'VfB has three strikers, and all three did well last season,' Kalajdzic said. 'A loan always has to make sense. In football, it's rare or even unheard of to sign someone just because they had a great past or out of love. Everything has to fit. I'm not in a position [due to the injury history] where I can point to a club and say, 'That's where I want to play.',' Kalajdzic nevertheless did drop strong hints that he wised to play football in the country of his mother tongue and comfortable culture. His words on life in Wolverhampton surely solicited a chuckle out of most readers. Advertisement 'It's a smaller city,' Kalajdzic said of his West Midlands home, 'Life here is a bit different from what I was used to – the culture, the food, the lifestyle. In Germany, people go out to a café or eat out when the weather is nice. In England, they do that too, but there's also a big pub culture, which isn't really my thing. But that doesn't mean that life here is worse. The people are very nice and crazy about football.' The most telling quote of the interview still revealed where the two-meter-tall forward wished to be. 'I know the Bundesliga, and the Bundesliga knows me,' Kalajdzic said. 'So it would be a good fit. And I would never close any doors – but that applies in general, not just to VfB. I just want to be back on the pitch and playing! Spain, Germany, or Italy would be options for me, but I'm not ruling out staying in Wolverhampton.' GGFN | Peter Weis
