Lahm is the most intelligent player I have ever trained in my career

My advice for Sebastian Kehl is: if you have a 35-point deficit in the league, it is better to shut up.

Lahm is the most intelligent player I have ever trained in my career

There are teams that wait for you and teams that look for you: Espanyol look for you. I feel very close to their style of football.

I strive to live with passion and not to be desensitised to life. Things matter to me. You’ve got to live like that. Otherwise what’s the point? It’s not possible to please everyone and there is no point in trying to be what other people think you should be. For me, it’s important to be who I am, not just to be different but to be as authentic as I can be.

If you train badly, you play badly. If you work like a beast in training, you play the same way.

Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry