“But I think in general, someone who wins the Ballon d’Or needs to win something as well, so it’s a great challenge that is in front of us but also in front of him.

“You can say the better he does, the more expensive he might become, and if would do much worse we would have second thoughts that we want to extend his contract!

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“I think for everyone it’s the best that he brings in the performances that he does now – maybe only for the one who has to pay him it’s not the best.

“For everyone else it’s the best, because if you want to play at this club you need to be at his level.

“Otherwise probably you are almost useless to play at this club, because we only need players that are at the top of their game, because this is one of the best clubs or the best club in the world to play for.

“So he needs to have these performances for him to play here and hopefully to extend here.”