Speaking to Goal.com, Lahm revealed, “As a player you always think about your options, and there was a time where Manchester United made an approach for me – and Barcelona looked at me too – so I considered life in England or Spain”.
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Now 31, Lahm started his career as a full-back, but under the guidance of manager Pep Guardiola he’s moved into a central midfield position, making use of his passing abilities. And his tally could have been more as he missed two clear chances. A hat trick in 3 minutes and 22 seconds and five goals in 9 minutes!
It was his best return since scoring all four for former club Borussia Dortmund in their 4-1 win over Real Madrid in the 2013 Champions League semi-final.
Wolfsburg employed similar tactics to their German Supercup win over Bayern, sitting back and soaking up pressure before hitting quickly on the break. He seemed to have stopped playing after five goals and that was disappointing.
Jermain Defoe scored five second-half goals for Tottenham against Wigan in 36 minutes in 2009.
He added, “The Premier League was an interesting possibility.”
A superb strike by Wolfsburg’s Daniel Caligiuri had given the visitors a shock lead until the 27-year-old Lewandowski sent Bundesliga records tumbling, including needing just three minutes, 19 seconds to claim his hat-trick.
“I’ve never experienced such a thing, either as coach or as a player”, he said.
Instead, he had to be satisfied with only five goals, scored 12 minutes quicker than Dieter Hoeness managed in a Bayern shirt in 1984.
The Poland striker scored again in the 57th and claimed another goal three minutes after that, when he met Mario Goetze’s cross with a scissor kick into the top corner.
Astonishingly, his haul came in a nine-minute spell prompting some gushing praise from his team-mate.
And Polish star Lewandowski showed what he is capable of with a stunning performance off the bench last night for his club Bayern Munich.
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“I just wanted to shoot and wasn’t thinking about what happened afterwards”.
