Eran Zehavi will soon be 34, and last summer he chose to come to PSV Eindhoven and embark on a new career adventure. The Israeli striker was interviewed by the Dutch media and revealed quite a few interesting details about his time on the team, when he also talked about his past injury and that incident on the plane to which he was not allowed to enter Cyprus for a Europa League game.
“My wife sometimes drives me crazy when we’re on vacation,” he admitted Golden, “Even when I train between 8 and 11 to keep fit at home. It’s all about football in our family but luckily she understands well how much my profession requires investment. I played in China for 4 years and there is always a month off in December, my body is completely used to it. ”
The Israeli added: “For example, after a game when there is two days of rest, I prefer one day and then release training. “Fortunately, PSV gives me the freedom to make my choices in these ways sometimes, because they understand that there is a player who knows what is good for him after 15 years in the top of the sport.”
His competitiveness with the young: “I am convinced that at this stage of my career I can compete with them. There are 19-year-old actors who were 4 or 5 years old when I made my debut. In a few more years I want to tell myself that I played with these youngsters who will shine in the big clubs, I want to help them compete at the highest level. “When I was on the bench earlier this season after 10 years, I realized it was time for me to make a change of mind.”
The initial period in PSV, when things did not go well: “Sometimes you should not get into my head like that, it is always stormy there, I do not look for excuses, but at that time I tried not to criticize myself too hard. The first few months at PSV were some of the hardest in my career, and it was not about the club or the people, but the corona, the injuries and the team. The children also learned from home, nothing went right. “
The incident on the plane he was not allowed to enter ahead of a Europa League game because of the Corona: “All the bad news came together at the time, it was an unbelievable experience to be kept away from a plane like that, I thought to myself then that really could not be worse.”
Injury against Grande: “It was perhaps the best thing that happened to me, because it allowed me to do a ‘restart’ for myself and see how I can get better off the field as well. During the winter break I had time to get back to peak fitness and I went back to training with the team after 10 days. Then came the goals against Ajax, which gave a lot of confidence. “
The fact that he signed for two years at PSV: “I’m already waiting for next season, I did not just sign for two years here, but in football it is impossible to know what will happen.”
A long interview with PSV striker Eran Zahavi. A man who packs a suitcase every day, as it were, to make a successful journey through professional football. He tells how Roger Schmidt may have saved his season on a wall in Granada. See: https://t.co/8bOb5yU0OB
– Rik Elfrink (@RikElfrink) March 13, 2021