For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.

In 1999 Schiffer won an undisclosed sum and a retraction from Paris Match when a French court ruled that the magazine's story was false. Claudia Schiffer German pronunciation: [ˈklaʊ̯dɪa ˈʃɪfɐ] (born 25 August 1970) is a German model and Creative Director of her own clothing label. He also repeatedly left letters at her home.

In 2002 Forbes estimated her net worth at about US$55 million (£38 million). In her early career Claudia Schiffer was said to resemble Brigitte Bardot.