Leave the future open
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Bayern professional Thomas Müller answered the question of his remarkable career at the premiere of a documentary about his remarkable career. With his moody saying “You can see that in part two”, the 35-year-old once again made the audience laugh. “I leave everything open, very relaxed.”
The attacker’s contract at FC Bayern expires at the end of the season. The association would hardly deny him an extension by one year, but for Müller, a career end also seems to be a serious option.
Current and former Bavaria faces were also presented to demonstrate the film “Thomas Müller-one like none”, club bosses as well as teammates, coach Vincent Kompany and former companions such as national coach Joachim Löw or Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Müller fights with reservist role at FC Bayern
The documentary, which can be seen at Amazon Prime from March 4, grants many insights into Müller’s private life, for example when talking to the parents and brother Simon at the kitchen table. In addition to many retrospective, the thread of highlights and low points of the career acts as a red thread. And it becomes clear how very Müller is still a thoroughbred kicker and fights with his changed role not to be a regular player.
He is no longer in old age when you are lurking on his chances, he says in the film. He was still on competition and adrenaline. That is why Müller suffered from the then coach Thomas Tuchel in the past season and feared to miss the home European Championship due to a lack of time. He also often sits on the bench under the current Bayern coach Kompany.
Müller loves football – and he suspects that after the professional career there will be “no replacement for the adrenaline in the stadium”. Nevertheless, he is not afraid of it. He is quite able to give his life a structure, he says at the end of the film, in which his wife Lisa also appears and comments on the dark side of life in the spotlight. She has withdrawn from the public, she didn’t come to the film premiere.
What Hoeneß wants and Müller advises
Honorary President Uli Hoeneß said in the cinema that he would like to see Müller in the Bavaria jersey beyond the summer. “As a person, I would like it to me. You have to see sporty, ”said the 73-year-old. “If he is just a change player, I would advise him to stop. That is not worthy of his great career. “
Hoeneß thinks that there will be talks about Müller’s future in the coming weeks. It is about the best decision for the club and the player. “A Thomas Müller who is constantly sitting on the bench cannot be a solution,” said Hoeneß.
In any case, the Bayern patron would “very much welcome” if the identification figure Müller would have been preserved to the record champions even after the professional career. “Thomas knows exactly that we would like to keep him in some form.” The club icon is suitable to “do almost every job at FC Bayern with a certain start -up time.” Hoeneß advises him, however, “when he stops taking a break.” To win distance and to expand the horizon.