BVB | FC Schalke 04: Ruhrpott

Despite all-round supply of today s football professionals, state-of-the-art stadiums and high millions of salaries — the Bundesliga legends Frank Mill (63), Bernard Dietz (73), Michael ATA Lame ck (72) and Rudder Abramczik (65) no envy for Your successor.

I thank the dear God for that I was allowed to play in the seventies and eighties, said the former national team captain Dietz (MTV Duisburg, Schalke 04) at a meeting of the four ex-professionals from the Purport with the newspapers of the Funk Media group.

I believe envy on the players of today we all do not know. The sums to which it goes today, but are still utopian anyway. I have experienced the human side of football.

The former scorer Mill of Rot-Weiss food and Borussia Dortmund said, We had it good, we still had relationships with the people, and we still have something to tell today. Autographs to give at the warfare before training, That was no problem at that time.

Free movement is no longer possible

They are Ruhr area children, we felt that all as normal. Because we grew up so too, said Abramczik, who was celebrated in his career at Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund as Flankengott.

As a player today you re completely glasses, said ex-European champion Dietz. And Lame ck, who spent his Bundesliga career at VFL Bochum, supplemented: Free movement is no longer possible. We have been able to see and appeal to us on the street.