- Bayern Munich have one foot in this season’s Champions League quarter-finals
- The German side beat Besiktas 5-0 in the first leg of their last-16 showdown
- Thiago insists his side do not fear any team in the next round of the tournament
Bayern Munich star Thiago says he is yet to be impressed by any team in this season’s Champions League.
The likes of Manchester City and Real Madrid have shone so far in this season’s competition, securing their places in the quarter-finals.
Thiago and Bayern Munich are set to join them next week, having beaten Besiktas 5-0 in the first leg of their last-16 clash, and the Spaniard insists his side do not fear anyone in the next round.
Thiago hasn’t been overly impressed any team in this season’s Champions League
The playmaker insists his side do not fear any team in the next round of the tournament
‘Barcelona, Real Madrid, Man City… there are many teams you’d want to play against,’ the 26-year-old said.
‘But no team has impressed me. They are football players, like us. We just have to compete and see who is better at that moment.’
In-form City have been listed as favourites to go all the way this year but Thiago, who played under Pep Guardiola in Germany, says it is only Lionel Messi that has amazed him in the tournament.
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City are favourites to lift the trophy after a fine season so far
‘City are playing amazingly,’ the former Barca man admitted. ‘But I don’t think ‘wow.’ Only Messi makes me go ‘wow.”
Thiago played with the Argentine for several years at the Nou Camp before joining Bayern in 2013.
The playmaker, who has recently overcome a serious muscle tear that had kept him out since November, has impressed when on the pitch this season, contributing three goals and an assist in 18 appearances.
Thiago says Lionel Messi is the only thing in the tournament that truly amazes him
