From Sepp Maier through Oliver Kahn to Manuel Neuer and perhaps now ... car crash Maier had in summer 1979 that endangered his life and ultimately ended his career. He did return to training ...

Luckily, the real-life Oliver Kahn fared much better on Japanese soil. Few players, and even fewer keepers, are as revered in Japan as Germany’s former long-serving No1 is. Thus it was that Kahn ...