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Freier: "To be as successful as possible"

Paul Freier pulled on the shirt for VfL Bochum from 1999 until 2004. Now, the midfielder has returned to the club from Bayer Leverkusen.

In interview, Freier looks back on his time at Bayer, and forward to the new season at Bochum.

Question: After four years at Leverkusen, you've returned to VfL Bochum. What expectations do you bring with you?

Paul Freier: I want to be as successful as possible at VfL, naturally enough, and hope we can achieve our target of 45 points before it gets all-too late in the season. Once we manage that, we'll have to see what can still be done.

Question: Looking back, what's your own verdict on your time at Leverkusen?

Freier: On the one hand it was a good and very instructive time at Leverkusen, particularly as we were playing in Europe as well. On the other hand, four years there was long enough and it was time for a change.

Question: You've played 19 times for Germany, scoring once. Do you still have hopes of another call-up for international duty?

Freier: I can only have that hope if I'm playing well at Bochum, of course. So at the moment it's not something I'm thinking about. But if we get to that stage I'll be glad to discuss it again (laughs).

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