Lucescu: Douglas Costa is the future of Bavaria

10 March 2017, 22:05 | Football
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Former coach of Donetsk Miner Mircea Lucescu is confident that his former ward Douglas Costa will become a key player in Bavaria.

Mircea Lucescu believes that Douglas Costa has the potential to reach the level of Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery.

Costa moved to Bavaria from Shakhtar in 2015 and quickly became an important player in the team of Pep Guardiola.

This season under the leadership of Carlo Ancelotti is not so successful for the Brazilian, and recently he is associated with the departure from Bavaria.

But Lucescu is confident that Douglas will succeed in Bavaria, despite a difficult period.

"Douglas has a fantastic blow and he has very dangerous free throws," said Lucescu.

"He is very fast and knows how to create free space by individual actions. He has all the necessary qualities. He is the future of Bavaria ".

"I think he has everything necessary to become the heir of Robben and Ribery. I have no doubt that he can reach their level of ".



Earlier this season, Costa said he was not completely satisfied with his position in Bavaria, but Lucescu does not think that the Brazilian will leave the champions of Germany in the near future.

"Perhaps at that time he was not 100% satisfied, because the situation was not in his favor. Or one of his Brazilian agents pushed him to these words ".

In the current season, Douglas Costa held for Bavaria 26 matches in all tournaments, 16 of which in the starting lineup, scoring 6 goals and giving 6 assists.




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