For a year and a half, Ilia Gruev has been playing for Leeds United in England’s second division. There, the 24-year-old is knocking on the door of the Premier League with Daniel Farke, who used to coach Borussia Mönchengladbach. Gruev has big plans. The story of a midfielder who wants to go far.
The 24-year-old has just talked about Joshua Kimmich, Rodri and Toni Kroos, central midfielders who are among the best in their field and have set standards in world football. Gruev is not that good yet, but isn’t it true that you get better when you learn from the best?
He often watches videos of Kimmich, Rodri or Kroos, sequences on YouTube, clips on scouting portals. And then? What does he take away from it? If you take a pinch of Kimmich, Rodri and Kroos and then mix them together, does Ilia Gruev come out in the end?
