Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders and playmakers of his generation. It was also a club-record transfer fee for Arsenal until He made his senior debut for the Germany national team in at age 20, and appeared in five major tournaments. He was deployed a midfielder and wore 17 as his squad number, after starting as a playmaker and central attacking midfielder in the place of the suspended Lincoln in DFL-Ligapokal matches against Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich.
He played in twelve games throughout the second half of the season, six times playing in the starting formation, becoming second with Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga at the end of the —08 season.
He was sought by teams like Barcelona , Arsenal and Real Madrid. Let's be honest — you don't refuse this club. I was in no rush to leave Werder Bremen, but this is one club you say yes to.
They are an institution, a club with a fantastic history, stadium and squad full of world-class players. He was given the number 26 in the pre-season and 19 for his debut. But following the transfer of Rafael van der Vaart to Tottenham Hotspur , he was given the vacant He made his season debut in the Champions League on 15 September.
He finished the season with 25 assists, the highest for any player in any major European competition that season. I know it will be difficult because I have many more years ahead of me and many younger and good players will also be out there, but I want to be part of that future.
