Niklas Süle: “I just want to play football and have a beer with my friends”

Niklas Süle He decided to hang up his boots at the age of 30, but a few months later he announced his return. However, this time not professionally. The German wanted to return to play the sport he loves in the Tiefenbach of the ninth division, without feeling any kind of pressure again: “I just want to play football and have a beer with my friends.” Now, in the ‘After the final Whistle’ podcast, he has decided to speak openly about his professional stage and the problems he had staying in shape.

“Life for me is more than football”

The German footballer has played in two World Cups, won the Champions League and won five Bundesliga titles, but, even so, he was always in the spotlight for his physical condition, being the protagonist of images that gave a lot to talk about.

Niklas Süle, in his talk with Alison Benderhas made it clear that life for him is more than football: “I didn’t want to be focused on football for 15 years, I liked to enjoy it. Life is too short not to do what you want.”

The player has also acknowledged his bad habits: “In my professional life I drank and ate hamburgers… I consumed beer and McDonald’s too frequently.”

Currently, with his return to football in a more relaxed place, he wanted to emphasize that he is not looking to return to the elite: “I don’t want five, six or seven television teams to come and follow me in my first games when I played in the ninth league. I just want to play football and have a beer with my friends.”

“I’m not one of those who love social networks”

The former player of Borussia Dortmund He has confessed that he does not have an Instagram account and that he is not one of those who love social networks, although he recognizes that he has lost money due to that decision: “Social networks could have helped me throughout my career. I probably would have gotten more sponsorship deals. But it was not a priority for me.”

The defender has also left a reflection on social networks: “I think one of the worst things people can do is constantly compare themselves to others. Instagram encourages that behavior.”

“I am not only Süle and that has taken me time to combine”

The footballer confessed that it has been difficult for him to understand how to combine his personal life with his professional life: “I am not only Süle and that has taken me time to combine. There is Niklas, for my family and friends. And then they ask me for photos because of Süle.”