TV expert Lothar Matthäus has listed his top 10 national players of all time. A current professional footballer can also be found there.
Munich – The 63-year-old is himself a record German national player, but left his own name out of the list of DFB legends. A total of seven former or current Bayern players can be found in Matthäus’ list.
The TV expert ranked Franz Beckenbauer in first place. For Matthäus, this decision was not up for debate at all, as he emphasizes: “His appeal for football in Germany is unmatched.” Former DFB captain Philipp Lahm also made it into Matthäus’ personal ranking: “Philipp managed to leave the national team at its peak,” praised today’s TV expert.
However, Matthäus would have advised another player to do the same as Lahm. “That is Thomas Müller“I would have liked to have been in the top 10 but didn’t quite succeed at the DFB,” said Matthäus about the Bayern professional, who only announced his retirement after the home European Championship in the summer of this year. With Manuel Neuer Only one football professional who is still active is represented. Matthäus gave the reason for his choice: “He has reinvented the game of goalkeeping”.
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Matthäus admitted that the ranking was still difficult for him. “It was a very close decision. I thought a lot, especially about Thomas Müller, Rudi Völler and Uli Hoeneß. It hurts me that they aren’t there.”
Here is an overview of Lothar Matthäus’ ranking:
• 1. Franz Beckenbauer
• 2. Gerd Müller
• 3. Miroslav Klose
• 4. Uwe Seeler
• 5. Manuel Neuer
• 6. Philipp Lahm
• 7. Toni Kroos
• 8. Andy Brehme
• 9. Fritz Walter
• 10. Günter Netzer
