Overview
- Neuer recounts turning down a move abroad after U19, saying a young goalkeeper would struggle to become a No. 1 in England under those conditions.
- He outlines his rise from Schalke’s academy to a 2011 transfer to Bayern, later lifting the 2014 World Cup with Germany and amassing major club titles.
- Reflecting on 2014, he recalls sleepless days of celebrations in Berlin and Munich and calls the subsequent vacation the best of his life.
- He credits national teammates Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller and Philipp Lahm with urging him to join Bayern to build a new core.
- Praising Müller as a connector in the dressing room, he also shares everyday details from bus seating with Leon Goretzka and Konrad Laimer to routines with his young child, cycling and black coffee without lactose.