As a Bayern fan it's kind of annoying seeing PL fans act like they just discovered how he's actually a great player. He's been consistently one of the best mids in the world ever since he became a starter at Bayern and he was already class at Barca, many player including me have been hyping him since years. He wasn't particularly worse in the last years, he just fully flew under the radar due to a) injuries and b) Bayern underperforming in the CL. If Bayern had gone out again this year and if he had not joined an English Team, people would still not be talking about him. I'm glad he gets the recognition he always deserved, but this is years overdue and should not have been solely trophy and PL related..