Andriy Voronin can't seem to make his mind up as to whether he wants to be in Berlin or Liverpool come next season.
Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin insists that he would be more than happy to continue his career at Hertha Berlin despite being officially on loan to the club from Liverpool.
Since making the temporary move in the summer the 29-year-old has given off mixed messages as to where he hopes to be once the season-long loan is through, slagging off life in Liverpool in one interview and then virtually writing an ode to the Merseyside club in another.
Now, in a recent interview with FIFA.com, Voronin has made it clear that he sees the German capital as a good long-term proposition for him.
"I feel very much at home in Berlin and Hertha is a very professionally run club. I'm more than ready to sit down and have talks," he said.
"Liverpool made it perfectly clear to me that once they had bought Robbie Keane, I wouldn't get very much playing time - and with Keane, [Fernando] Torres, [Dirk] Kuyt and [Ryan] Babel there were certainly some big names that I would have been in competition with. The most important thing for me was to be playing, and when Hertha came along at the right time, I didn't think twice."
Voronin opted for a diplomatic answer when asked which of the Bundesliga or Premier League was superior in his eyes.
"The English league is described as the strongest league in Europe. The tempo there is very high and everything goes incredibly quickly there. I think that the Bundesliga is also of a very high standard, and I'm very pleased to be able to play in the Bundesliga again," he said, before giving his thoughts on Ukraine's chances of qualifying for the next World Cup.
"It's difficult to say at the moment, since we have a lot of young players in the squad and the team is being rebuilt. I think that the team has a bright future ahead of it but that it needs a little more time.
"Of course we're hoping to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. At the moment we have a game in hand which should end with us getting another three points. We'll fight right up until the final match."
Ukrainian striker Andriy Voronin insists that he would be more than happy to continue his career at Hertha Berlin despite being officially on loan to the club from Liverpool.
Since making the temporary move in the summer the 29-year-old has given off mixed messages as to where he hopes to be once the season-long loan is through, slagging off life in Liverpool in one interview and then virtually writing an ode to the Merseyside club in another.
Now, in a recent interview with FIFA.com, Voronin has made it clear that he sees the German capital as a good long-term proposition for him.
"I feel very much at home in Berlin and Hertha is a very professionally run club. I'm more than ready to sit down and have talks," he said.
"Liverpool made it perfectly clear to me that once they had bought Robbie Keane, I wouldn't get very much playing time - and with Keane, [Fernando] Torres, [Dirk] Kuyt and [Ryan] Babel there were certainly some big names that I would have been in competition with. The most important thing for me was to be playing, and when Hertha came along at the right time, I didn't think twice."
Voronin opted for a diplomatic answer when asked which of the Bundesliga or Premier League was superior in his eyes.
"The English league is described as the strongest league in Europe. The tempo there is very high and everything goes incredibly quickly there. I think that the Bundesliga is also of a very high standard, and I'm very pleased to be able to play in the Bundesliga again," he said, before giving his thoughts on Ukraine's chances of qualifying for the next World Cup.
"It's difficult to say at the moment, since we have a lot of young players in the squad and the team is being rebuilt. I think that the team has a bright future ahead of it but that it needs a little more time.
"Of course we're hoping to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. At the moment we have a game in hand which should end with us getting another three points. We'll fight right up until the final match."
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