Unveiling Merlin Röhl: The Everton Star’s Surprising Passions Beyond Football
That didn’t go down well at home. “My parents were like, ‘No, it’s the most important thing in life: go to school, get your Abitur’.’ I didn’t play for a few games. I got my Abitur. Afterwards, I was playing. It worked out. I had the dream in my head. I was 16, 17, I want to be a midfielder. I want to play in the Premier League.” To develop, he analysed those in his position. “I watched players that had some similar attributes or I wanted some attributes in my game. I watched (Ryan) Gravenberch in the beginning. He takes on the ball a lot, has great turns in the middle, and also very tall.” Röhl himself is 6ft 3in.
“Football opened up a new life for me, where I’m financially so stable, where I have something that I have such a big passion for. If I wouldn’t have football, it would be really hard for me to find something where I would have that passion. Also the pressure of earning money would be there.” What might he have done? “Maybe medicine would be interesting. Neuro-science would be something I’m really interested in to understand our brain and how we see the world.”
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