BERLIN Former Germany libero Lothar Matthaeus has said he is considering retirement. "This might have been my last game as a professional player," the 39-year-old told reporters after his New York-New Jersey Metrostars lost 2-1 to German first division Cologne in a friendly in Troisdorf, near Cologne, on Tuesday night. The former Bayern Munich player's contract with Metrostars expires at the end of this month.
Matthaeus, who retired from international football after extending his world record to 150 caps at Euro 2000, had hinted earlier on Tuesday that he might keep playing at club level. "I will probably not play again in the Bundesliga or in the strongest leagues in Europe," he told German sports television channel DSF. "The place must be right. It must be something new and interesting." Matthaeus also told DSF he was interested in a coaching career and could imagine himself becoming Germany head coach one day.
(Reuter)