The head coach is the ex-Mainz Sandro Schwarz, in the offensive midfield the long-time Leipziger Emil Forsberg plays and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting acts in attack, with which Müller himself played together from 2020 to 2024. There is no real position in the 4-2-3-1 for him at first glance, but Forsberg could certainly make a piece of the ten back and make space for Müller. It is not to be forgotten: At Red Bull, Jürgen Klopp is now working as a “Head of Global Soccer” and could certainly play an important role if negotiations arise.
By the way: Thomas Müller would not be the first German in the Major League Soccer. Marco Reus, who is currently active at La Galaxy, has already been mentioned. Next to him are 20 other Germans, including the former Stuttgart defender Timo Baumgartl and the former U21 national striker Cedric Teuchert, in the league. The ex-Herthan Hany Mukhtar, who has been playing for Nashville since 2020, was crowned with the MVP, the most valuable player in the league in 2022 and has always been in the all-star team of the league in recent years.
Already in the early days of the league founded in 1996 there was a prominent ex-Bavaria who made the leap to the USA: Lothar Matthäus. The record national player said goodbye to Bayern in 2000 and played 16 games for the metro stars, which are now called New York Red Bulls.
In the recent past, several ex-international played in the MLS. Torsten Frings also played for Chicago from 2011 to 2012 for Toronto FC, Arne Friedrich 2012 and 2013 for Chicago Fire and Bastian Schweinsteiger from 2017 to 2019. Schweinsteiger spoke very benevolently about his time in the Windy City in the past. Friedrich is still closely linked to the United States.