Upamecana became a machine in Salzburg - Former coach

Thomas Letsch believes that Dayot Upamecano is shy off the field, but inside the field, he is an beast and during his time at the Austrian club he became a machine.

Upamecano has made great progress in the last few seasons and after shining in Leipzig, he finally left for

. The Bavarians hired him for 43 million euros and they have high hopes for his future. Upamecano was one of the players who played in Salzburg from 2015 to 2017 and shone in this team, and went to the Bundesliga. Now his former coach is praising him.

He told

:

"Off the pitch, he was completely reserved and shy. He didn't get a word out and looked down rather than in your eyes. On the pitch, however, he became a machine, a beast, a terrier. His speed, robustness and mentality were already very pronounced at the age of 16."

In praise of his former star, he remembers the second round tie against Besiktas in the Europa League. He added:

"We lost 1-0 away and he wanted to win the second leg for us all by himself," he added. "He literally ate up the opponents in the duels and scored to make it 2-1 himself [the final score was 5-1].

"That was the first time he showed what kind of player he can be and what mentality he has. That was absolutely impressive."

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