Coach

As a coach, of course I favour competition.

I can see exactly why Liverpool want Klopp.

You need to be able to deal with pressure while on the ball and not keep giving it away in easy situations.

Cristiano Ronaldo is sensational, a very good professional, an incredible goalscoring machine for many years, but Messi is the most complete player I have seen.

Every player has his own strengths and weaknesses and has to be integrated into a team.

Static strikers do not exist anymore.

If players from our national team are playing in the Bundesliga, it for me shows that it is at least as strong and attractive as the Premier League or La Liga.

To whistle your own player at one time or another, even before kick-off, I don't think is fair. It doesn't help the player carry on, so it doesn't help the team.

I don't think it's such a bad thing to have internal debate between coach and leading players.

In 2014, we won the World Cup without a big superstar. We won with a team performance where everyone brought something to the team and gave everything for the team.

To whistle your own player at one time or another, even before kick-off, I don't think is fair. It doesn't help the player carry on, so it doesn't help the team.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

For us, for me as national coach, the Nations League is a good invention.

Midfielders must do everything.

I can see exactly why Liverpool want Klopp.

You can play happy-go-lucky football against Brazil in a friendly but not in a tournament.

For us to reach the Euro 2008 final was a success.

At the top level you know most things about the best clubs, there aren't too many surprises.

Penalty shoot-outs depend on so many things.

Roy Hodgson is a fantastic coach. I first knew him when I was playing in Switzerland and he was national team coach. It was under him that Switzerland revolutionised their player formation system.