My Time At Bayern Munich Has Been A Rollercoaster Ride So Far - Mario Gomez

The German international went through a difficult period at FCB, but is on top form again...

Bundesliga:VfL Bochum - Bayern Munich,  Mario Gomez, Ivica Olic (Getty Images, Bongarts)
Bayern Munich spent €30 million to sign Mario Gomez from Stuttgart last summer and expectations were high in Munich. The forward has appeared in every one of the Bavarians' matches so far, but has admitted that things weren't easy for him in the first weeks of the season.

“I’d call my time at Bayern Munich a roller-coaster ride. I came to Munich full of confidence, with plenty of energy, and really looking forward to it, in a way I don’t think I’d had in my career before," Gomez said on the official Bayern website.

"I settled at the club nice and quickly, and my private life in Munich was great from the start. And then we didn’t get the results at the start of the season and I was dropped, even though I was scoring. It was hard to understand," he explained

"Head coach Louis van Gaal said I wasn’t striking up a partnership with my team-mates. I was out of the team, and obviously I started asking myself questions, I was nervous. It wasn’t easy. But I said to myself: 'You’ll have to fight till you drop in training and convince the coach you’re the man.'"

"Life normally rewards you for hard work. Before we played Leverkusen, Van Gaal told me I’d be playing the next few games. That was a real boost, and since then, life at Bayern’s been what I imagined it would be: we’re winning and I’m making a contribution."

Stefan Coerts, Goal.com
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