The playmaker pointed to his family’s contentment in northern Germany and the unconditional support from the Volksparkstadion faithful: “Everything has been special since last season. What I experienced here was amazing in personal terms. All my family enjoy it as well.”
He added: “It’s a really nice city, a really nice club. All the people around and the fans are good people, and they are always supporting us. It doesn’t matter if we win or lose, they are always there for us. At the end, when you have a club and fans that love you, you feel much happier to have joined a club like this.”
Vieira also identified the German top flight as the optimal setting to showcase his talent: “I like the championship. The Bundesliga is really nice, it’s very competitive, and there’s a lot of space to keep growing and developing.
“At the end, I think it’s the right place for me as well because I want to keep playing football. I want to do what I love most, which is playing football, and here I feel very comfortable. When people like you, it’s much easier for you.”