Manuel Neuer: 10 things on the Bayern Munich No.1
Manuel Neuer has voiced a Disney cartoon character, has a solid forehand, is the ideal son-in-law and probably the best goalkeeper ever. bundesliga.com turns the spotlight on the great Bayern Munich captain and now retired Germany No.1...
1) A Royal Blue blood
Standing on his tiptoes having barely moved out of diapers and onto solid food, Manuel Neuer could see Schalke's old stadium, which stood next to the Veltins Arena, from his bedroom window. Signed up for the Gelsenkirchen outfit's Bambinis club aged four and put in goal because - ironically, given he now measures 6'4" (1.93m) - he was the smallest, he was an avid fan of his hometown team even as he progressed through its famed Knappenschmiede academy. A member of the Buerschenschaft fanclub, Neuer, an A-grade pupil at school, would get to the ground early on matchdays to do more homework…on his hero, then-Schalke 'keeper Jens Lehmann, during the warm-up.
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