Embarrassing Lucerne Cup as justification: old, new Jashari is back in his captaincy

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The victory over a weak classification is not the only talking point in Lucerne at the start of the week. No, in many places it is also about Ardon Jashari (21). It was a big surprise that the “C” for captain suddenly appeared again after his name in the starting line-ups. “Is this true or is this a mistake?” asks a user on Instagram. “It’s true,” the club replies.

A turnaround par excellence. Just a month ago, sports director Remo Meyer (42) gave zero chance that Jashari would take over the armband again soon. “Certainly not for the time being,” he said in an interview with Blick at the time. The reason for this was obvious. The talented midfielder wanted to leave. To compete with FC Basel. Jashari made this unmistakably clear to the “Luzerner Zeitung” in an interview a week before the start of the season: “I demand that the FCL speaks with Basel.”

Everything the same

Things turned out differently. “A top performer does not switch to a competitor.” This is how the FCL justified its decision. At the same time, Meyer and coach Mario Frick dismissed their player from the captaincy and gave the “ribbon” to Max Meyer (28). A strong sign, but one that was full of risks. On the one hand, they accepted that they might have an unhappy player with a lot of influence in the dressing room and on the other hand, that Jashari’s market value would temporarily drop.

Now, more than three months later, everything is back to normal. Jashari is captain again and Meyer is once again a simple top player. This time the reason lies in the embarrassing performance in Délémont. “We had a long internal discussion and looked for solutions to our situation. “One decision we made was to make Ardon captain again,” sports director Meyer told Blick on Monday.

“Very professionally recorded”

Like Frick, Meyer does not believe that the German number 7 and his namesake feel humiliated. «Max is and remains a very important player for us. He made the decision in a very professional manner.”

They hope that Jashari, who is described by the sports management as a ‘born leader’, will carry more weight with his words with the bandage on his arm than without. Because in the cup she missed the main players waking each other up. Since last year, this task is now Jashari’s responsibility.

Source : Blick