After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.

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.

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

I want to successfully make the transition from a life in professional sports to another life, without running into major upheavals.

Goalkeepers need an element of insanity.

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

I have always seen myself as an athlete. Of course, I made the mistake of unintentionally opening the door to my private life by just a crack. I wouldn't do the same thing again. It has to be accepted that my private life is private, and if that isn't the case, I have to do something about it.