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Lehman has apologised and said he meant that, as ex-Germany defender Aogo was "very knowledgeable", he had helped increase the "quota".
Lehman is definitely an AFD voter.
I remember him basically saying that London made him more tolerant because his son had a black friend, and back in Germany, he wouldn't let that run.
Lehmann: England Made Me Tolerant | Goal.com
Lehmann: England Made Me Tolerant
German goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has spoken fondly of his time in England, after ending his five-year stay in the Premier League…
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The 38-year-old recently completed his move to Stuttgart on a free transfer, having lost his place as Arsenal’s No. 1 last season after some early-season blunders.
The one-time AC Milan keeper, who is currently preparing for this month’s European Championship finals, had a somewhat tumultuous relationship with his Gunners team-mates, especially during his latter years at the club.
But Lehmann enjoyed life in London, and believes his five years in the English capital have helped he and his family become more adaptable and accepting of other cultures.
Tolerant
"First we learnt English well,” he told German magazine Cicero. “We moved three times and always had to adapt to new things.
"You become much, much more tolerant [in England]. Through the many people of different origins you get more cosmopolitan. You realise that as a German you have been accustomed to certain procedures and a way of thinking, such as everything needs to be on time and needs to work. In England it is different. If you've lived five years in London you're used to a different life.
"My children have become small Europeans. They speak English and have – due to their language skills – no problems in adapting at all. At the beginning, the best friends of my small son were Afro-Americans. You don't often have that in Germany. But in England you learn that you are a foreigner yourself and need to adapt. You approach 'so-called foreigners' much more tolerantly and unprejudiced.
"In England everything is liberalised. Within certain boundaries and rules everybody can do what he likes. Maybe London's society has a different tempo, a different dynamic. London is fast, productive, creative but it is not England. If you want to transfer that to football, you could say: in the four big English clubs and maybe in the one or two behind them there is a top level.
“Everything that comes after that rather mirrors English society. It's honest, fair and hard, sometimes also fast, but not always so perfect."
Globalisation
While Lehmann praised the flexibility of the English people, he noted that such a way of life is not without its drawbacks.
"People need to drive longer to reach their place of work or they even have to move," he said. "Old habits are abandoned for the benefit of things that are doable.
"That's different in Germany where there is fear of change, of globalisation. Nowhere in Europe do you feel globalisation as strong as in England.
"The English have similar angst like the Germans. The average Englishman often feels unsettled because he sees more and more – qualified – foreigners coming into the country. They take something away from him. For example, I took away the position of an English goalkeeper.
"On the other hand it's good that foreign capital has been coming into the Premier League. The TV ratings are higher, the attendance figures are bigger, the turnovers have increased. Nobody can say that the engagement of foreign investors has had negative effects."
Respect
There were times during Lehmann’s Arsenal career when the English people were not so tolerant of the foreign invasion he represented.
The former Schalke shot-stopper admitted to suffering some strong verbal abuse on occasions, but insisted it was nothing more than a few bad apples.
He said: "At every away game, behind the goal, there were spectators who shouted: 'You Nazi pig'. But you must not take that too seriously. It's only very few fans who shout something like that. Basically the fans respect every player."
Mike Maguire
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Tolerant in german is not the same as in English and many many Germans get confused by that. When local Germans say tolerant they mean something closer to the verb "to tolerate something".
They are still only a few steps away from ... eine Einheit because deep inside ..
TobiOT
Veteran
We play Leicester on a Tuesday then Liverpool on a Thursday. 
8* Days
Donny will still be on the bench and Rashford is going to die on the pitch....
8* Days
Donny will still be on the bench and Rashford is going to die on the pitch....
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Let’s go Chelsea
bigdaddy88
The King Of Power
Lehman speaks like most cacs,anything nikkas get is because of tokenism /affirmative action
british cacs cant stand MIcah or Alex scott and they make no bones about why they dont
Anyway congrats to city
they did not choke this time
Anyway i think chelsea will regret not beating madrid last week , this madrid team aint as good as the 3 peat but the experience is still there
british cacs cant stand MIcah or Alex scott and they make no bones about why they dont
Anyway congrats to city
they did not choke this time Anyway i think chelsea will regret not beating madrid last week , this madrid team aint as good as the 3 peat but the experience is still there
Roberto Firmino
#GoonLife
Mic00n is awful thoughLehman speaks like most cacs,anything nikkas get is because of tokenism /affirmative action
british cacs cant stand MIcah or Alex scott and they make no bones about why they dont
Anyway congrats to city
BelieveBeOK
Superstar
Watch Donny get a combined total of 17 minutes
