Messi is undoubtedly a gifted footballer, like Maradona and Pele, and he's playing for the best club side in the world at the moment. He's successful and he's winning trophies, so it's only logical that he'll be voted the best player in the world.

I was so obsessed with football that you could say I was taking the goal home with me at night. And then one day the system fell apart.

We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island.

When you look at our programme for the next few weeks, you do not fancy a trip to the Oktoberfest.

After the 2006 World Cup, I knew that you don't always need success, success, success on the pitch.

A Germany team should not be afraid going into a tournament. History shows that we can raise the level of our game when it matters.

Complaining and arguing will not help. We are fully concentrating on the game against the Czechs.