El alemán Mario Gómez mencionó a los dos países que considera favoritos para levantar el trofeo del Mundial Rusia 2018, además de Alemania.
The German international Mario Gomez, who is concentrated with Stuttgart in Cartagena (Murcia), has placed Spain and France "on the same level" as the German team among the favorites to win the World Cup next summer in Russia. "There are several teams capable of winning the title and I see Germany, France, and Spain as strong contenders," he declared in an interview with the Efe Agency.
Mario Gomez, a veteran 32-year-old forward, has been presented today in the land of Murcia as a player for Stuttgart, the club he returns to eight and a half years later after starting his career with that team.
The Spanish-German, born in Riedlingen on July 10, 1985, to Granadian parents, is the star signing of the club from the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, a Bundesliga classic, which has won the league five times.
"I feel very good, with joy and enthusiasm. I am looking forward to what is to come. I am very happy to return to this club and I will do everything possible for the team to be as high as possible and have a successful season," declared Mario Gomez, while also wishing to "move up the standings" with a team that is fourteenth out of 18 competitors with 17 points accumulated in as many matchdays.
Gomez has also expressed his delight in returning to Spain, a country of his origins and where he feels at home. These days he is concentrated with his new team at the La Manga Club facilities in Cartagena (Murcia).
"We have found a great climate and very good facilities, with training fields in exceptional condition. I really like coming back to Spain and we are very comfortable here," he said, referring to the facilities of the Cartagena complex.
Source: EFE
