Raul Florucz at the centre of an interesting battle: the Olimpija star is waiting for his Romanian passport and has received a (partial) call-up to the Austrian national team!
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Raul Florucz is currently the hottest footballer in the Prva liga Telemach. In fact, he is so hot that two national teams are competing for him! It is no secret that he is a serious target of Romania, the country where his parents come from. However, even in Austria, where the footballer was born, they have not yet thrown in the towel. This is evidenced by an interesting move by coach Ralf Rangnick, who has placed the Olympija player on the waiting list for the upcoming League of Nations matches against Kazakhstan and Slovenia.
The decision is undoubtedly somewhat surprising: primarily because Ralf Rangnick had already confirmed that Raul Florucz caught his eye with his performances in Slovenia. But by placing him only on the waiting list, where Arnel Jakupović is also listed, he is unlikely to convince him to choose Austria over Romania.
Florucz: “I realized that I am not important”
“In life, you should never close any doors. Austria? I won’t say that it’s over for me,” Raul Florucz recently said in an interview for 90minuten. He also complained that he was surprised when Arnel Jakupović from Maribor was called up to the national team, but he wasn’t: “I realized that I am not important, that I am invisible, and that my style of play clearly doesn’t suit them. Romania? I am in the process of acquiring Romanian citizenship. Honestly, I hadn’t thought about any national team before. My stance has always been the same: I will respond to the first one that contacts me. I am of course strongly connected to Austria. I was born there, grew up there, all my friends and family are there. But now Romania has contacted me. You can’t say no to a national team.”
Well, now both national teams have reached out, with Austria actually beating Romania to the punch. But, as mentioned, in quite an unusual way – by placing him on the waiting list… Whether this will influence the decision of the player from Ljubljana remains to be seen. One thing is for sure: Raul Florucz will make his way to the national stage with his performances in the green-and-white shirt. We just have to wait and see which shirt he will wear…
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