Yet Rodriguez acknowledges the risk Bayern took with his signing and is willing to stay put. He is quoted as saying: "At Bayern I'm fine, I'm good at Bayern. "In France

(at Monaco) I was playing, now at Bayern I'm always playing and I think that's good to arrive (at the World Cup) with a good rhythm. "What the not-so-good moments gave me at

Real Madrid, I think they helped me grow. "With time you learn to be calmer. I always want to be good, but with the time you also learn to be calm."