Since he was ten years old, Thomas Müller has been playing at FC Bayern Munich. After 24 seasons, 496 Bundesliga departures and 150 league goals, BR information ends after this season.
Nobody played as many games for FC Bayern Munich as Thomas Müller. But in summer it is over. The 35-year-old from Pähl will no longer receive a new contract. Well -taught sources Br24Sport confirmed this. In his two and a half decades at FCB, Müller has reached icon status and has become a favorite of the audience.
However, the German record champions are reported to involve Müller for the future in the club. On Friday, FC Bayern sports director Christoph Freund answered the relevant inquiries on the subject: “We are in conversations with Thomas, as well as with Leroy Sané and Eric dier. As with all other players, we will not comment on details.”
Tireder FCB record player Thomas Müller
Müller has not yet commented whether the picture book Bayer will go into the football shoes somewhere else after 24 seasons for FC Bayern. A move to another club seems rather unlikely, even unthinkable for FC Bayern fans.
His records, which he all reached for his FC Bayern, can hardly be listed. Müller has played 496 Bundesliga since his debut in August 2008, plus 161 Champions League and 67 DFB Cup games. With his 710th professional deployment on September 1, 2024 against SC Freiburg, he crowned himself the sole record player of the Munich, in front of the goalkeeper legend Sepp Maier.
The end of the contract has emerged
The fact that FC Bayern could not go beyond this season has already become apparent in the past few months: Müller was on the field in the Champions League for a total of four minutes when it comes to the first and second leg against Celtic Glasgow. In the Bundesliga games against SV Werder Bremen and against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he sat on the bench all the time. Finally against FC St. Pauli Müller was only substituted in the 85th minute.
Even with company predecessor Thomas Tuchel, there were only a few games left “Thomas-Müller games”, as the former trainer of the Munich-based company put it. Sometimes Müller acted as a Harry-Kane replacement. The 35-year-old had no longer had a fixed regular place in the first eleven. It is a gentle end of a magnificent career.
Discoverer Hermann Gerland prevented departure
Already in July 2000, ten -year -old Müller switched from his youth club TSV Pähl to Bayern – and never left his heart club again. This fact is mainly due to Hermann Gerland. In the summer of 2009, Müller faced a switch to TSG Hoffenheim, according to Müller, the change failed to transfer a few hundred thousand euros. Then the then assistant coach Gerland campaigned for Müller’s whereabouts.
Van Gaal’s prophecy: “Müller always plays”
This was followed by the arrival of coach Louis van Gaal, who first threw the 19-year-old Müller into the cold water and made a regular player from then on. “Müller always plays” was the motto of the Dutch, which Jupp Heynckes simply took over and won the triple with Müller in 2013. Trainers like Pep Guardiola, Niko Kovac, Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel came to Säbener Strasse in the subsequent decade, at times tried Müller on the bench – and yet the identification figure repeatedly played in the starting eleven.
The incredible numbers of Thomas Müller
Nobody collected more German championships (twelve) than Thomas Müller yet, in his 496 league games the inimitable “German German” celebrated 356 successes. In the Bundesliga he comes to 150 goals and is the current record goal scorer of the Bundesliga. He celebrated 33 titles with FC Bayern, plus the 2014 World Cup triumph.
Another title is missing Müller to get the most successful German footballer in history, ex-colleague Toni Kroos. In the national team, Müller had already resigned after the European home championship last year, now he is also drawing a line under his club career.
In summer, the exorbitant numbers will stop getting up after many years. And maybe a whole new chapter will soon be added.
In the video: FCB sports director Christoph Freund before the St. Pauli game Müller talks
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Source: SPORT 21.02.2025 – 9:45 p.m.
