Zulj: "Hopefully I can solve the problems"

INTERVIEWS New Anderlecht player Peter Zulj (pronounced 'zjoel') spoke to the press for the first time yesterday morning. The Austrian was self-confident. "Everyone knows my qualities and I will try to show them during the coming weeks."


With Zulj Anderlecht won the best player in Austria. "That's right," he answers. "I showed my qualities every weekend, it's the coaches, chairman and sporting directors of the clubs that chose, so yes, I think I was the best player in Austria last season."

"Top fit in one to two weeks"

Zulj saw his teammates Sunday at work in Ghent. "It was a good game and the team has a lot of qualities", it sounded friendly. "It was the first match after the winter break, so we have to see what we can do better, we think positively and prepare ourselves for Sunday, so hopefully we'll win."

He did not play himself yet. "I was not ready physically yet. How my condition is? I was not ready to play in Ghent yet. My last game dates from December 15. I work hard every day, also with the physical coach after the training. I hope to be 100 percent in one to two weeks. "

"Pressure belongs to football"

He should provide creativity to Anderlecht. "I hope I can solve the problems that exist, but we have to play together as one team, we have to watch from week to week and work hard, and then the victories follow, and I already know the system of playoffs. We also have that in Austria. "

As a creative midfielder and with a number 27, Zulj is in great footsteps. "I know Kompany and Wasilewski wore this number before me, I know them, but I did not choose it for that reason, I just looked at what was free, and when I was younger, I wore that number too. There is pressure in every club, I know Anderlecht is the biggest club in Belgium, pressure is part of football. "

"I want to win prizes"

Zulj seemed to be on his way to Empoli for a long time, but in the end it was Anderlecht. Why? "I came here with my father and manager, we looked at the training complex and this looked very good, I spoke with the chairman and sports director and had a very good impression. After a conversation with my father I made the decision. It is a good next step: I wanted to play abroad and win prizes. "

Unlike many players from a small league, Zulj sets off abroad at a relatively late age. "Maybe in the past I did not show my qualities every weekend", he asks for a reason. "I've been doing it for the last three years, and now I've taken the step abroad, and I'm happy to be here. From Nemanja Rnic I heard a lot of positive things, and now I'm here and I like it. "