article_snippet: I spoke to Oliver Bierhoff about what happened in Germany,’ John Barnes, the Liverpool and England legend, told Sportsmail two years ago.
article_snippet: ‘The German Federation said in 2002 The German Federation needed young German players to be playing regularly for The German Federation clubs to help the national team.
article_snippet: All the clubs are German-owned, so All the clubs feel a responsibility to the national team.
article_snippet: Bayern Munich had to be the drivers.
article_snippet: All the clubs had to go through a period of not winning anything in Europe but look at All the clubs now.