After twenty -five years, Thomas Müller stops this summer as a football player at Bayern Munich. The 35-year-old attacking midfielder divided into one letter It is up to his fans that the departure does not match his ‘personal wishes’.
“Even after all these years, regardless of the number of minutes I play, I still like to stand on the field together with the boys and to fight for titles together. I could easily have imagined to cover this role next year,” writes Müller. In his letter he announced that “the club consciously chose” not to negotiate a new contract. The football player emphasized to be grateful for the past years and to accept the decision. He also said that “after a bad pass, as a team, he is intended to conquer the ball back. We have achieved that in recent days by talking about this in confidence.” In a message The club announced that it was a ‘joint decision’.
Bavers fairytale
Müller, born and raised in the southern German state of Bavaria (Bayern), played football for FC Bayern since he was ten. In 2009-2010, Müller under Louis van Gaal entered the first team of the club. The football player played his first Champions League match in 2010, when he scored the last goal on 10 March in the 72nd minute of the game against Sporting Lisbon. That same year he debuted as a player for the German national team, with whom he won the world championship in 2014. Ten years later, in the summer of 2024, Müller played his last game for the national team.
In total, Müller won 33 trophies, twelve of which are German championships with FC Bayern. Nobody has ever won Bundesliga titles anymore. In total he played a record number of 743 league matches for the club.
The president of Bayern Munich, Herbert Hainer, calls him “the definition of a Bavarian fairy tale career.” According to Hainer, Müller is “one of the most striking personalities in the history of FC Bayern”.
Müller plays his last games for Bayern at the FIFA Club World Cup from 15 June to 13 July. Before that he plays for Bayern during the National Championship. “In the coming weeks we will do everything we can to bring the championship to Munich and the long -awaited final Dahoam (at home in the Bavarian), “said Müller.