Albert Grønbæk is back on the Danish national team. Which tells that he has finally found the club outside Bodø/Glimt with working conditions that have given him opportunities for playing time, development – and big games.
At the weekend, the 25-year-old scored for Hamburger SV, when they beat Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga. Grønbæk first got six months on loan in Hamburg from Rennes, but in the summer transfer window he got a permanent contract at the club, and that was the only right thing for Grønbæk.
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“It’s clear that I’ve been able to play continuously this season. I’ve played some good games and I’m really enjoying myself in Hamburg. So my confidence is better than it has been before. I’m happy and feel good,” Grønbæk begins, according to Bold.
“That’s what I was looking for. I moved to Hamburg this winter to get continuous playing time, and this summer it was the only thing I wanted to stay for, because I knew there was a possibility that it could be done. Of course, I’m super happy that it was Hamburg, because I think I fit very well into the way they see things. That’s what I wanted, and they wanted the same thing,” Grønbæk continues.
Before moving to Hamburg, Grønbæk made his breakthrough at Bodø Glimt, which led to him moving to Rennes, where he was loaned to Genoa, Southampton and finally Hamburg during that period. Neither place has been optimal for the Danish attacking player, but he looks back on that time positively.
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“It has given me a kind of robustness. I have learned a lot from it and gained a lot of good experience, even if it has not ended the way you would have liked. I don’t want to be without any of it, but of course you also feel that you have lost something during the period you did not play football. There have been a lot of ups and downs and some mixed feelings, but now that you have come out on the other side, you look back on it with different eyes,” says the former Bodø/Glimt player.
“With playing time, you become a different player, and I have more confidence than I have had in the last two years. I’m incredibly happy to be in Hamburg, for the teammates I have, and for the way the coach has welcomed me and believed in me. So I come in with a different kind of confidence than I’ve had before,” Grønbæk concludes.
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