It’s absolutely remarkable what this Swiss athlete was able to achieve with bayer leverkusen, playing a crucial role in becoming the first team to complete a Bundesliga season undefeated. Historical to say the least. But where is the national media coverage about him? Where is the sensation, the story about this Swiss man of the moment?
I quote: "The public spats with fans, an array of red cards from the reckless to the ridiculous. But underneath all the bravado is a player who wanted to get hold of the ball and create."
I’m left wondering, what if whoever controls the swiss media, just doesn’t like to have Granit Xhaka representing Switzerland because of his cultural background? What if his name was Remo Gabathuler, born and raised in Schaffhausen, same bad boy problems, red cards, disputes with fans etc. but at the end he accomplishes what Xhaka just did…It would have been the wonderful tale of Remo, a Swiss "Bone bueb" who went on to achieve greatness with sacrifice, training, commitment etc. …but no, his name is granit so it kinda breaks that swissness already.
IMO Swiss media could have changed his public image from villain to national symbol of resilience, determination and power of will.
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Posted by K12angix
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I have no idea who this person is
pretty easy: individual glory isn‘t celebrated here culturally.
there are obviously people that don‘t like it that the best Swiss players have foreign backgrounds, but ehh. We just prefer to complain and demand more instead of celebrate what we have achieved.
Sorry to break it to you. But in Media and also here on reddit people just don’t like anything that has to do with football.
Everybody is overpaid and fans only cost the public.
I tried arguing but people have made their minds.
“oh look he is able to run and do funny tricks with a little ball, he deserves recognition”
Nah he gets enough recognition
Odermatt and Federer are swiss heroes and deserve recognition. They have values and respect, two things Xhaka doesn’t have. I am fine with not seeing his name everywhere
Eh there is also no media coverage about Yann Sommer who won the Serie A this season with just 20 goals conceded so your analogy is wrong
When foreigners are good/positively famous people, they’re Swiss, but when they’re bad people they’re foreigners?
Xhaka is a Swiss Citizen, but not ethnically Swiss
This fucking guy has been the backbone of our national team for the past 5 years, but UsLÄnDeR …..
Love xhaka and his work ethic, and I admire his I dont give a fuck about your opionion attitude
I have a feeling u/K12angix is Granit’s secret account…
He is great this season and is really liked from German Media. But he is “only one of the best” Leverkusen’s players (with Wirtz, Andrich,Frimpong) so he is not really a superstar. This is also a reason why Leverkusen is so amazing right now. Also Odermatt, Lara Gut Behrami and Federer they were seen as Superstars also in other countries but i didn’t see really really Swiss media going crazy because of them. German, French or Italian media would be wild if some of those happened to them.
Well they sure do care a lot whenever he goes for a haircut lmao
I can’t think of a player more overhyped than Granit Xhaka. And when playing in the national team is an absolute anti-leader, always dominated by personal feelings towards his opponents (while wesring the captain band…)
The money he makes should be enough recognition right?
Literally who
Literally couldn’t care less about this guy and what he does.
Unlike for instance Federer (“Maestro!”), Xhaka does not play well with media. Moreover, some of his political ideas are difficult to market.
it’s because swiss people doesn’t like much football, when you go in a bar in France for example every thema is about football lol