Speaking to SID, Bayern's honorary president Franz Beckenbauer said: "He is a bit soft. But he is Dutch - and they are all a bit soft."

Made me laugh quite a bit as I can just see him saying this in such a matter of fact manner that he is just saying what comes to his mind. Kills me!

I cannot even imagine what would happen if this was said in the US about a Latin country or some other!! He would be crushed in the racial vigilante media here!