Interview with René Toft Hansen

 

From 1 July René Toft Hansen is officially a player of Telekom Veszprém. We asked the Olympic champion Danish line player about his move to his new home.

 

 

I am very excited. I have played in Kiel for 6 years and I was ready to try something new, a new team, a new country and new goals. I think Veszprém is the perfect Club for me. I have played here a lot of times and I am excited about the Arena because it is amazing how the Supporters motivate the team. I am looking forward playing for Veszprém and hopefully we can achieve our goals together like winning the Championship and the Champions League.

 

I am not satisfied with my last season, as we have only finished fifth in the Bundesliga. I was injured in the last games, and hoped that I could play in the Sparkassen Arena. Unfortunately, I was not able to do so. So of course, I am not satisfied with my last season because I wanted to play. All in all my 6 years is Kiel was wonderful, we won the championship a lot of time and the arena was outstanding. I want to play and that is why I came here. The toughness of the Hungarian league is not that similar to the German league, so I hope I can carry on playing on the court and not as a spectator from the stands.

 

We had our last game against Stuttgart, and I hoped that I could play to say proper goodbye to the fans. After the game, I said farewell in the arena as it is a tradition for the leaving players. It was hard but it was time to leave. I hope that one day I will go back and play a last game there with Veszprém in the Champions League.

 

I moved in 1 July, I am looking forward to it very much. I have seen my house, the country, Balaton and Veszprém. I like it very much, everything is very green. I moved in one month before the start of the preparation so I can discover my surroundings, like where to go to the doctor or where to go shopping. I would like to discover the city, and I hope for good weather. It will be like a mini vacation. We will have a lot of family visiting us, to see our new homes.

 

 

I hope. It will be new. The only thing I was scared about before my move was that my daughter would not fit in kindergarten. She does not speak Hungarian and only understand a little bit of English. She speaks Danish and German, so it could be difficult to go through kindergarten. I hope it will function well and my family will be happy. If they are happy than I am happy.

 

It is very green and warm here. Everyone I met was very kind and I am looking forward to come here and explore the land.

 

First of all, I hope that I will be fit and take part in the games fully. I think it will be hard, and also for me, now that everything will be in English and not German. I have to get into speaking English again. It is always difficult to come to a new team because you have to learn new tactics. It takes time. It will be a tough preparation but I think it was time to try something new. I am looking forward to learning new things.

 

I want to win everything. The championship, the cup and the Champions League. I could not do that with Kiel, even though I was in Final4 with them 4 times. Veszprém could not win it also, so now I hope that we can do it together. I hope will play better and better through the season as a team.

 

 

Photo: Dávid Vörös