Fabian Schär arrived at Newcastle United from Deportivo La Coruña in 2018 and has been a regular ever since Eddie Howe took charge at St James’ Park in November 2021.
He came up through the ranks of Swiss side FC Wil and spent three years with their first team before joining FC Basel in 2012.
The Newcastle star’s father, Martin, has told blue News that it wasn’t easy for the 31-year-old at the beginning.
According to blue News, the Switzerland international didn’t earn enoughnmoney through football and was ‘working at a bank’ at the start of his professional career.
“He did a really good job of not letting all that money influence him. He still has a clique of friends from his school days and from his junior days at FC Wil, they are his closest friends,” he said.
Martin is a former footballer and that influenced his son to pick up the sport from a young age. However, the former says he would never have expected the centre-back ending up at the Tyneside club or representing Switzerland.
“We never imagined that it would be enough for Newcastle and the Swiss national team and we never thought about it,” Martin explained.
The defender is one of the key figures under Howe at Newcastle but hasn’t enjoyed the same role with the national team. Fabian, who made his debut for Switzerland in 2013, has made only three appearances for Switzerland this year.
The Newcastle player made it clear he wasn’t pleased with Switzerland manager Murat Yakin’s decision to overlook him. Martin has pinned the blame on the coach and used Howe’s management of Fabian to make his point.
“He doesn’t have the same trust in the national team as he does in the club. And we heard how important trust is so that you can perform at your best,” Fabian’s father added.
