The player himself claimed that we were interested in signing him, and that he would leave Munich in the summer. However Karl Heinze Rummenigge thinks differently,
"He is under contract with us until June 30, 2006," said Rummenigge. "I read English clubs are aiming for him, but I can assert to you we will release him for nothing in the world. He is untransferable. He still has a big margin to improve. Nowadays he is recognised on a worldwide level, and it is thanks to Bayern Munich. When he played at Monaco, no one knew him."