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By Daniel Schofield

PUBLISHED: 21:06 GMT, 23 May 2013


While it might be difficult to celebrate an all-German Champions League
final taking place at Wembley, the rise of the Bundesliga is not bad news
for every Englishman.


For Michael Mancienne, at least, leaving Chelsea to join Hamburg two years
ago was the best decision he ever made.


The centre back knew his path to first-team football was blocked at
Stamford Bridge but after a successful loan spell at Wolves led to Fabio
Capello calling him into the England squad in November 2008, the
25-year-old was not short of options to stay in English football.


By leaving the insular bubble of the Premier League, Mancienne accepted
that he would fall off the radar but he says that is more than outweighed
by the benefits of playing in Germany.


‘I thought the football would suit me better and it has – I have
improved enormously,’ he said.


‘The quality shown by Bayern and Dortmund in the Champions League shows
how good the league is. I definitely think the Bundesliga is at least on
a par with the Premier League.


‘I felt as a player it would improve me and that it would be the perfect
challenge because football is a short career.


‘All the better teams in England try to play football, but every team in
Germany plays football no matter what level they are. You have to play
from the back and I think that's been the biggest difference between the
leagues.


‘The tempo may be quicker in the England and it is more high intensity
when you play a team like Stoke when the ball is always coming long, which
you just don't get in Germany. (In Germany) It is more of a tactical
rather than a physical battle. You are trying to out-think your opponents
rather than beat them up.


‘I have always been a player who likes to play the ball out from the
back and I knew that playing abroad would suit me better than playing in
England so that was one of the reasons that I came here.’


It is not just the experience of shackling the multi-pronged attacks of
Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund that Mancienne has had to cope with.


It took time to adapt to the cultural differences – he is still more
comfortable listening to rather than speaking German – but Mancienne has
no intention of returning to England in the near future.


And with the Champions League trophy heading for Germany followed by Pep
Guardiola's arrival at Bayern, Mancienne argues more English players
should follow his lead by broadening their horizons.


‘I have spoken to some of my friends back home and they say that they
would love to play abroad but I don't know if they would ever do it,’ he
said.


‘I would suggest it to people because it does improve you as a player,
you learn a lot more about the tactical side of the game, and you
experience another lifestyle as well. I am really settled here, really
happy and have not thought about moving back to England or anything like
that.


‘It is great to have two teams in the final, but the whole league is
really strong and it is only going to get better with Pep Guardiola
coming in, which will bring bigger players to the league.'


News of an English ball-playing centre back flourishing in one of
Europe's top leagues should be music to the ears of England manager Roy
Hodgson, especially since Rio Ferdinand retired from international
football last week.


After being part of the team that ended Dortmund's 31-game unbeaten run in
the Bundesliga earlier in the season, Mancienne's international
credentials were given a ringing endorsement by Hamburg sporting director
and former Chelsea chief scout Frank Arnesen.


Were it not for an untimely ankle injury in January, Mancienne might well
have been the man to answer England's defensive crisis for the World Cup
qualifying matches against San Marino and Montenegro.


Now fully fit, Mancienne retains hope of forcing his way into the set-up.
He accepts his exploits receive less exposure but argues he still
provides an alternative his Premier League based rivals.


‘I feel I do offer a different option because it is a more international
kind of football in the Bundesliga than the Premier League,’ Mancienne
said.


‘Sometimes people only focus on the Premier League, but if you are
playing well you should be noticed wherever you are playing. I am really
happy out here and want to make a name for myself and hopefully Roy will
see how much I am progressing.


‘The injury could not have happened at a worse time for me but everything
happens for a reason, I just have to fight harder now, keep working hard
and hopefully I will get another shot.’

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