{"id":602371,"date":"2026-09-01T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/602371\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T07:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:30:15","slug":"as-far-as-im-concerned-on-fire-bundesliga-striker-breaks-silence-on-man-utd-and-tottenham-surprise-transfer-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/602371\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;As far as I&#8217;m concerned&#8230;&#8217; &#8211; On fire Bundesliga striker breaks silence on Man Utd and Tottenham surprise transfer links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the speculation leading up to Tuesday&#8217;s transfer deadline, Matanovic remains entirely committed to Schuster\u2019s side. When pressed on the recent links to Old Trafford, the striker offered a blunt assessment of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As far as I\u2019m concerned, I\u2019m currently at Freiburg,&#8221; Matanovic told reporters. &#8220;There has been absolutely no contact with anyone from my side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 6ft 5in frontman credited his blistering form over the past year to psychological clarity rather than merely physical preparation. &#8220;The first thing people think of is that success is due to hard training and that\u2019s largely true,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;But I believe that football is much more a mental game. If you\u2019re clear-headed, not overthinking, and not hesitating, then that\u2019s how things happen. If I\u2019m overthinking, starting to brood, and lacking self-confidence, then it doesn\u2019t work.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the speculation leading up to Tuesday&#8217;s transfer deadline, Matanovic remains entirely committed to Schuster\u2019s side. When pressed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14537,143860,272316,85,46,3157,2619,105,4028],"class_list":["post-602371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-bundesliga","tag-freiburg","tag-i-matanovic","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-manchester-united","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}