FC Bayern in the Zwickmühle
Who says Thomas Müller when it is over?
Who says Thomas Müller when it is over?
By Sebastian Schneider
03/28/2025, 6:13 p.m.
The most important construction sites have already cleared the FC Bayern squad planners. Joshua Kimmich? Extended. Jamal Musiala? Extended. Alphonso Davies? Extended. But what will become Thomas Müller? This is still unclear.
It is art to deliver bad news. The end of a relationship, the doctor who cannot announce anything good, the cancellation after an interview. It is rarely easy, never pleasant. Advice then always recommend listing the facts, not glossing over, taking time and showing solutions from the dilemma. So much for the theory.
It is practically more complicated. It is only a guess, but similar guides may be googled on Säbener Straße. Because there those responsible face a problem: what will actually become of Thomas Müller? He has been running for the German football record champion since the D-youth. He is probably one of the few who are decreased that they have already slept in the bed linen of their club as a child.
The thing is only: the Bayern veteran Treaty expires in summer, yet he has not signed a new one. The “Bild” newspaper now reports that Klub and the 35-year-old would have put together twice during the international break to advise the future. However, there was no new one -year contract. The tendency is that nobody is offered to him either. Recently it was always said that Müller was allowed to decide on his future.
Like the DFB?
If you believe the reports, the negotiations are rather difficult. Müller could well imagine playing a season with the record champions with adapted references. He still feels fit enough to meet the high demands. At the moment he is one of the top earners, according to unconfirmed reports, it should be 17 million euros a year.
It is still tickling, Müller recently told that “Mirror”. He is primarily concerned with the kick, the big games, the titles. “I am realistic, I never get this adrenaline after my career,” he said. He couldn’t let go yet, so much itching it in his feet and fingers. “As long as I think I am physically able to face this challenge and fight the tickle, I want to go on.”
The “Bild” continues that the executive floor of FC Bayern Müller wants to hold, but no longer as an active player. And the tendency is more like that after two decades his time ends with the Munich team. “We are in conversations with Thomas, as well as with Leroy Sané and Eric dier. As with all other players, we will not comment on details,” said sports director Christoph Freund on Friday when asked about Müller.
Now it is like this: Müller had already prior to the end of his career in the national team. After ending in the quarter-finals of the European Home Championship, he said in the stomach of the Stuttgart Arena that it was realistic that this was his last game in the DFB dress. Weeks later, Müller’s forecast was confirmed: he announced his resignation. Already to the home European Championship, he was less driven for sporting reasons, but as a “connector”, as a lubricant between the different parts of the team. One who can do the rappers and iodiners, said national coach Julian Nagelsmann at the time.
Hoeneß suffers from
At Bayern it was similar. Müller no longer plays a big sporting role under coach Vincent Kompany. In the past, with ex-coach Thomas Tuchel, there were still the Thomas Müller games, but even they have been done. So far, Müller has only collected a little more than a third of the deployment minutes in the Bundesliga, in the premier class it is just a quarter. His goal participations are also limited, each with five goals and preparations in a total of 34 missions.
So there are not many options anymore. The question is what Thomas Müller wants himself? In the meantime, apart from Manuel Neuer, all of his Rio World Champion colleagues have also disappeared. If he continues to play football regularly, he probably can’t do that at FC Bayern. As long as no catastrophe happens, coach Kompany remains with the Munich team. That means: for Müller it boils down to a bank role. And that is also not in the club interest: Bayern have to save. A substitute that is one of the top earners does not really go. So Müller would have to hire in the MLS or another club.
Borussia Dortmund and Marco Reus stood in front of a similar dilemma a year ago: What will become of the legend whose time has expired? Reus and BVB found a solution. They communicated the end of the contract last season. The Borussians then started upheaval, Reus won his first championship in the MLS.
So it does not have to be a hopeless binding mill, even if it is currently a misery. FC Bayern wants to keep its currently largest figure of identification after her career end. The question is how to communicate this and deliver the bad news? Maybe with a contract offer that he cannot accept? Or a word of power of the Bayern greats? It is conceivable that you still wait for Bayern to achieve their big goal, this year’s CL final in Munich.
Because one thing, everyone agreed, Bayern patron Uli Hoeneß made it clear weeks ago: “A Thomas Müller who is constantly sitting on the bench cannot be a solution either.” His merits for FC Bayern are too great. But is that what has been, for the present? Hoeneß is in the conflict. “As a person, I would like it to be sporty.” Someone just has to tell him.