As a professional you only played for Bayern Munich. Do you regret never leaving the club? I once had the thought when Lothar Matthäus moved to Italy. England would also have been interesting, but I preferred being down-to-earth and I'm happy with it today.

Weren't there any tempting offers? As far as I knew at the time: no. I didn't have a consultant or manager.

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