He continued: «Winning the
World Cup is worth a ticket for life,
making that kind of
mark on life is unique, it means you can die in peace.»
The player has also managed to
make his
mark on the international stage, with the German international being a part of the Germany side that came away from the 2014
World Cup victorious, as Die Mannschaft beat Argentina 1 - 0 in the final.
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Made his 100th England appearance in a FIFA
World Cup qualifier against Ukraine
on 10 September 2013 and was honoured with a commemorative cap to
mark the achievement before a friendly at home to Chile two months later.
Reaction: De Bruyne is my Man City blueprint — Guardiola (Premier League) Report: De Bruyne
makes it sweet 16 for awesome Man City (Premier League) Report: Otamendi wins derby to fire Man City 11 points clear (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp calls for Liverpool focus after Euro spree (Champions League) Report: «Fab Four» fire seven - goal Liverpool into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho pledges only «the truth»
on injuries (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Rashford send Man United into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho wants new shooting boots for Lukaku (Premier League) Report: Old boy Young downs Watford to lift Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp looks
on bright side after Chelsea draw (Premier League) Report: Willian denies Liverpool morale - boosting win (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola targets Champions League milestone (Champions League) Report: Sterling strikes late to earn Man City top spot (Champions League) Report: Young England stifle Neymar's Brazil (friendly) Reaction: Loftus - Cheek showed he can cut it — Southgate (friendly) Report: New boys impress as England hold Germany (friendly) Reaction: Mourinho defends lack of Lukaku charity (Champions League) Report: Hapless Svilar helps Man Utd to brink of last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: «Stand up and be counted», Klopp tells Liverpool (Premier League) Report: Spurs» Kane rips sorry Liverpool to shreds (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola proud to beat «best opponents» Napoli (Champions League) Report: Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho and Klopp at odds over Anfield stalemate (Premier League) Report: Man Utd held at Liverpool as Mourinho parks the bus (Premier League) Report: McClean breaks Welsh hearts as Ireland reach play - offs (2018
World Cup) Reaction: Southgate admits England have long way to go (2018
World Cup) Report: Kane sends lacklustre England to
World Cup (2018
World Cup) Reaction: Man City's show of force thrills Guardiola (Champions League) Report: Chelsea old boy De Bruyne gives Man City crucial win (Champions League) Reaction: «Amazing» Lukaku won't lose focus — Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Martial lead Man United in CSKA rout (Champions League) Reaction: Klopp says Liverpool
on track despite stalemate (Champions League) Report: Coutinho scores as Liverpool held in Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Man United part of «second level», says Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Fix - it Fellaini gets Man United off the
mark (Champions League) Reaction: De Bruyne masterclass leaves Guardiola purring (Premier League) Report: Mané sent off as five - star Man City crush Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Alli gesture takes shine off England win (2018
World Cup) Report: Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia (2018
World Cup) Reaction: Klopp hopes Euro progress yields transfer lift (Champions League) Report: Can brace gets Liverpool back into big time (Champions League) Report: Sterling rescue act spares 10 - man Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Conte happy for Chelsea to play the hunters (Premier League) Report: Alonso ruins Spurs» Wembley house - warming (Premier League) Report: Lukaku double fires Man United to winning start (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger lauds Giroud after Arsenal edge Leicester (Premier League) Report: Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger fearful of another slow Arsenal start (Community Shield) Report: Courtois and Morata gift Arsenal victory at Wembley (Community Shield)
The 21 year - old certainly has a bright future ahead of him and he will be looking to
make it a
World Cup to remember as he hopes to
make his
mark on the international stage after featuring regularly for Spain at youth level.