Former German men's national team coach Joachim Löw heaped praise on Bayern Munich keeper Manuel Neuer and his continued excellence.
Neuer is now retired from Die Mannschaft -- Hoffenheim's Oliver Baumann the man most recently charged with filling his shoes -- but still going incredibly strong for FC Bayern. (Never mind that mistake against Hoffenheim on Saturday, which did not lead to a goal.)
Bayern may be starting to look to the future but the present is all Neuer's, even at age 39.
"Manuel Neuer is probably the best goalkeeper of all-time," Löw said in comments captured by RTL/ntv Nachrichten, via @iMiaSanMia. "He completely reinvented the game and shaped it in a completely different way. He's been playing among the absolute elite for 15 years. When you see him today at Bayern, with the confidence and charisma that he has, he stands above all other [German goalkeepers] in terms of the overall package and also as a personality."
Neuer has maintained that he is not up to return to Germany for next year's World Cup. But if he were ever to change his mind...