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I am an idol and should be treated like one, says Lothar Matthaeus

Source: The Guardian

Nov 08, 2009

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'I am an idol in Germany' says former West Germany captain
Matthaeus: 'Germany should be ashamed of the way it treats me'

World Cup winner Lothar Matthaeus said on Sunday he was one of the greatest players ever to emerge from Germany yet had been shunned by his own country.

"In other countries they treat idols differently and I am an idol in Germany," said the former Germany captain, who has coached clubs abroad but never in his homeland.

"This may sound a little cocky but after Franz Beckenbauer I am the second most famous German soccer personality around the world. Germany should be ashamed of the way it treats such an idol," Matthaeus told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Sunday.

Matthaeus, accused of arrogance during his playing days, captained West Germany to World Cup victory in 1990 and had a glittering career at both Bayern and Internazionale but as a coach he has enjoyed little success. The 48-year-old former midfielder has never worked in the Bundesliga or the second division, with German clubs hesitant to offer him a job. He has coached clubs in Austri

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