The big brother of Majeed Ashiméu confides: “Dolberg is one of his best friends in the locker room”

Let’s come back to the origin of your link. How did you know yourself and have become so close that you consider yourself members of the same family?

“This dates from 2015. We got to know each other via a friend of him. He must have been 16 or 17 years old and was still in his football academy in Ghana and had not yet left for Red Bull Salzburg. I was 30 already. His mother, his father always welcomed me with open arms. I was taken under their wing like a big brother for Majeed and the other family members. Need.

How can your presence help him?

“He lacked luck this season with injuries. After the difficulties, it’s good to have someone close to who to rely. When you’re together, he can empty.”

How do you explain that he is so often injured?

“He has a dynamic profile and puts a lot of power in his trips. This creates injuries. In Salzburg, he was never injured.”17 Clean Sheets, finally no more black beasts and holders who remain: Anderlecht finally gets rid of its complexes

We whisper that he sometimes has too little professional life. You confirm?

“No. He takes care of his body. He eats even healthier than when he was young. He pays very attention to his recovery. He goes far in details to be there. He has a big desire and it is to give up the confidence put in him. On the ground and not by being the guy who remains at the infirmary.”

In the locker room, we are told that he is the most appreciated player. Does that surprise you?

“Not at all. It’s major spit. He is very simple, humble and likes people in an authentic way. He will always be there for you if you are in need. He always smiles because he wants people around him to be happy.”

This can be a defect, this excessive positivism …

“Sometimes it can play against him. His vision of things is as follows: it is not because he is injured that he has to get his mouth. People think that everything is fine for him when this is not the case.”

He lost his best friend in the locker room this winter in the person of Francis Amuzu, who left for Gremio. How did he live it?

“You know, Amuzu is my cousin so we already knew each other a little. Since Majeed arrived, a natural link has formed between the two. They share the same name in Ghanaian: Apelete. It was sad to see Amuzu leave but they remain in contact despite the distance.”

Who is he currently close to the locker room?

“He is very friendly with two or three people. I am thinking of Thorgan Hazard, Moussa N’Diaye and Kasper Dolberg.”

Ashimeru-Dolberg, it’s fire and ice!

“Yes, but it is the force of major. He gets along with everyone. He also speaks a lot with Jan Vertonghen to whom he does not hesitate to ask for advice.”

Ashimeru has not yet had a lot of playing time since the arrival of Hasi. What objectives has it set for its end of the season?

“He wants to weigh at the end of the season. He wants to finish well and succeed in his cup final. I think we’ll see his magic before the end of the season.”

The cup is, precisely, a bad memory for him because he sacrificed himself to try to play the 2022 final and had aggravated an injury he was dragging.

“I was at the stadium against Ghent. He wanted to play despite his injury and the coach (Kompany) needed him. He is a bad memory. But he was taking great motivation. He wants to win this second final.”

Does he manage to draw strength from the fact that he has often been injured?

“He knows that he did not give enough and keeps talking to me about the cup (laughs).”

His initial project was to leave Anderlecht this summer, what about now?

“He does not think of a departure. He considers that he has not yet proven enough. He wants to have a big season and go through the big door. Majeed wants supporters to retain his name by marking the history of the club. He knows that the best way is to win the Cup.”