Arnel Jakupović will once again be chasing the title of top scorer in the new season, but for the 26-year-old, team success is the priority

Arnel Jakupović was one of the main assets in the past season that helped Maribor secure the second spot in the Prva liga Telemach standings, and he also ended up in the same position in the list of top scorers, believing that it will have a favorable outcome for him by the end of the season, even before the official start.

“I am glad that today I can train normally with the team again, as I regret not being able to play the last game of the past season, where I was chasing the top scorer title. However, it doesn’t matter; the important thing is to repeat it this season. But first and foremost, we must be successful as a team, as Siki (Gregor Sikošek) said, to ultimately become champions,” summarized the impressions after the first training session the former member of Domžale.

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The 26-year-old has recently been linked with a potential departure from Ljudski vrt, but this doesn’t affect his focus. “I am here in Maribor, so I focus only on my work here, on training sessions and upcoming matches, and I don’t think about a transfer, so everything is under control.”

“I think we are very well connected as a team because everything starts from the back, and if we keep a clean sheet at the back, then we try to score as many goals as possible upfront. In the end, it doesn’t really matter who scores, but it’s important that we are well-coordinated and all dangerous for the opponent’s goal, which worked very well for us in the previous season, but that’s the past, so now we have to repeat and confirm it,” Jakupović emphasized before the start of the new season.

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Arnel Jakupović has represented the Austrian national team in his youth, but his roots, of which he is proud, originate elsewhere. “It’s normal that every professional footballer dreams of playing for the national team. If I received a call, I would, of course, choose Bosnia, as I come from there, just like my parents, except that life has brought me the experience of living and growing up in Austria, which is why I respect and appreciate this country very much, but my blood is Bosnian, so I would opt for their national team,” and he adds: “Honestly, I haven’t been in touch with people from the federation yet, but I think that in football, constant monitoring is followed, and they have probably been following me. I don’t deal with it; I’m here doing my job, and the national team is a reward you earn, if it happens, it will certainly be the fulfillment of another dream, but it takes hard work for that to happen.”

This text was automatically translated using AI.

Author: editorial Football Planet

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