Klose's success only possible in Germany

It's only because the Polish football association is still so badly organised that the Polish-born striker Miroslav Klose climbed to the top of his profession in Germany, writes tabloid Fakt: "Jan Furtok (48), who played many great games in the colours of Eintracht Frankfurt and Hamburg SV says: 'At best he would have won two Polish championships with Wisła Kraków or Lech Poznań. And now he would certainly be resting on his laurels and kicking around the ball somewhere on Cyprus or in the Greek divisions.' That's sad. But Furtok is right for the most part. Klose would never have had such a career if he had stayed in Poland. When he emigrated to Germany with his mother our training system was at a very low level. In this respect we're still 20 years behind Germany."

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