Since Sven Goran Eriksson took over, England have been fantastic.
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We should not fool ourselves. We are not one of the world's top teams any more.
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At least six Bayern players, who have won almost everything, are in the national squad.
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Certainly it is a different world for players nowadays. But it depends on the individual.
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For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being.
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At any rate, I can only see such a success having positive effects for everyone, particularly as our anticipation of the World cup would only increase further.
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The most important thing however is the money. What use would it be to us, to have a a mighty stadium but a useless team, because we couldn't afford anything better?
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The Olympic stadium may have been built only in the early 1970s but it was clear for a long time it had no future. For many reasons it is not good enough for modern football and today's fans.
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At the World Cup and even now at the Confederations Cup, our security provisions will ensure the greatest level of protection possible for all those participating - both inside and outside the stadiums.
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The World Cup tournament overall and, naturally, the new stadiums at its heart, are the ideal platform to portray Germany as a positive and exceptional location, and above all of course, as a highly capable economic location.
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