Andres Iniesta has joked about the popularity of Paul the 'Psychic' Octopus after helping Spain overcome the Netherlands in the World Cup final.

The midfielder's extra-time winner for Spain sunk a sorrowful Dutch team who had their chances to win the match. The Barcelona star struck with a fine volley deep in the additional half hour to crown Spain world champions for the first time.

It's unknown whether British-born Paul knew that the winner would not come in the regulation 90 minutes, but if he did he certainly kept quiet about it. Nevertheless, the Octopus corrected his previous European Championship final mistake by predicting Spain to win this time around to complete an eight out of eight record for the World Cup.

After the game, Iniesta commented on Foxsports: "The Octopus will be very popular in Spain."

Paul predicted the only losses of the tournament for both Holland and Germany.

We all hope Paul will still be fed properly now the World Cup is over and wonder if he is any good at club football...