Bayern veteran changes to the MLS
Perfect: Thomas Müller’s new club is certain
Updated on 08/06/2025 – 7:33 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
The farewell to Thomas Müller from the German record champion was already certain. Now it is also official which club the world champion next season will play for.
Thomas Müller continues his big football career in North America. The long-time professional of FC Bayern moves to Canada to the Vancouver Whitecaps, as the club from the Major League Soccer and the 35-year-old announced.
“It’s Done. Let’s Go, Whitecaps” wrote Müller on Wednesday evening on Instagram and posted a video of himself when opening and unpacking a package. Contents: a Whitecaps jersey and a contract.
The club from British Columbia also welcomed its newcomer with warm words: “A legend has arrived. The German interpreter is here. Welcome, Thomas Müller,” Vancouver posted the 35-year-old at the same time.
In the video, Müller also directly presents his “new” number with the Canadians. He holds the back of the jersey in the camera and shows: It is his traditional number 13. For which he has also become famous for the German record champions.
According to the club, Müller signs a contract for the rest of the 2025 plus option played in the calendar year for 2026. Since league competitor FC Cincinnati had originally secured the privilege of a miller obligation, the club will be compensated with the equivalent of almost 260,000 euros, plus an optional additional 85,000 euros.
“I look forward to coming to Vancouver to help this team win a championship,” Müller is quoted in the statement of the club. “I have heard great things about the city, but first of all I am here to win. I had great conversations with Axel Schuster (sports director of the Whitecaps, editor’s note) and Jesper Sörenen (coach, editor), and can no longer wait to play in front of the fans and all the audience in the BC Place (stadium of the club.) See while we go to the playoffs. “
In the Western Conference table, Vancouver belongs to the top group – participation in the playoffs is very likely for the team, which is compiled by the former Bundesliga manager Schuster (Schalke 04 and Mainz 05).
Müller himself had recently indicated a move to Canada, which organized the World Cup together with Mexico and the USA in 2026. First of all, he confirmed that the football pension still had to wait. In a video he announced that he was “over the big pond”. In the clip, Müller and his father Gerhard and his brother Simon sit on three folding chairs on the Isar. “It was 25 years of Fcb. Schee every day. Even if it is over now,” he says. Now the change has finally been determined.