The right environment for Müller?
Thomas can and will surely be able to move there again – both within the team and in the city. His new teammates there will take him great and give him the feeling that he is one of them. That will also be exactly what Thomas wants and imagines. And don’t forget: the white caps have already had a German with me who constantly tapped stupid sayings, because Thomas will be able to settle in well (laughs). And he will also trigger something in Vancouver.
If a Thomas Müller changes to the Whitecaps, this also increases the euphoria among fans. The whole league also benefits from such a personnel: the media interest is getting bigger, especially in Canada – for the Standing of the MLS in the year before the World Cup, this is an absolute house number.
Which standing does the sport in the country have?
There is a certain enthusiasm for football all over Canada. Both the Canadian national team and the 2026 World Cup, which are partly held in the country, have contributed to this. However, the situation is similar to that in the United States: whether a club is experiencing a large fan run, also depends on the environment: If a city also has teams in the NFL (football), NBA (basketball), MLB (baseball) or NHL (ice hockey), it is difficult for football to find a gap and to ignite great enthusiasm.
It’s different in Vancouver …
Exactly. There is the Canucks as an absolute ice hockey sign, otherwise not another team in the other big sports in North America. The city’s sports fans love their whitecaps, and Thomas Müller will also notice that.
Müller had already flirted with “distant and exotic countries” in advance. To Vancouver it is 8,350 kilometers from Munich. So the city is removed – but also exotic?
Vancouver is a multicultural city with a great Asian influence – for me it is the best city in the world in terms of quality of life, by a large distance. This combination is simply unique: sea on one side, mountains on the other, and in the middle of it a state -of -the -art, beautiful city. That is very rare.