With FC Bayern Munich, Thomas Müller hurries from title to title. But the attacker almost played for a Bundesliga competitor – until he messed it up.
- With the FC Bayern is Thomas Müller can’t be beaten in the league.
- Müller has been one of the faces of Munich for years.
- But as a young professional, he faced a change.
Munich – FC Bayern * dominated the last few years Bundesliga* almost at will. In the 2019/2020 season now ending, it set the eighth Championship title* in a row for the Munich – the first for the current Bayern coach * Hansi Flick*.
One of the players who saw all eight titles * is Thomas Müller. The 2014 World Champion has been part of FC Bayern’s inventory for years. Müller’s DFB comeback, however, is rather unlikely * how Oliver Bierhoff betrayed recently.
But this successful liaison would never have happened. Because Bayern-Eigengewächs Müller was in his time as a young professional about to switch to another club.
FC Bayern: Thomas Müller negotiated with FC Augsburg about transfer
Like the former international now in an interview with image described, negotiated Müller with the FC Augsburg about a move to the Fuggerstadt. “Yes, the story was great. I was a little nervous when I met the Augsburg manager Rettig at that time, ”recalls Müller.
Müller’s conversation was evident even at a young age, and the youngster was very open. “I tried, as I usually try, to describe myself undisguised,” explained Müller his approach of how he wanted to convince the FCA managers of his qualities and a transfer *.
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— #MEI8TER (@FCBayern) June 22, 2020
Thomas Müller: Today’s Bayern star too open in conversation with FC Augsburg about change
Müller described his abilities without missing out on supposed weaknesses. “I always had an urge to the gate. I’m not slow, but I’m not a missile either, ”said Müller to Augsburg manager Andreas Rettig.
In retrospect a gross mistake, believe Müller today. “Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that! A real estate agent also does not say: ‘By the way, we still had water damage …’ ‘, the Bayern star now knows better.
Müller’s advisor also read the Levites to his protégé after the negotiation talk in Augsburg. “On the way home, my adviser said: ‘It shouldn’t have been’,” said Müller to.
Video: These players collected the most championship titles in the Bayern jersey
Luck for the Munich and for Hansi Flick that the Augsburgers at that time had the true qualities of the “space interpreter” Thomas Müller not recognized. Because otherwise it would have been the success story between Thomas Müller and the FC Bayern probably not given.
The future of the striker lies in Munich for the next few years, Müller recently extended his contract with FC Bayern *.
He recently showed in an interview with a journalist on the sidelines that Thomas Müller is not at a loss for words *.
The last Bundesliga matchday is against VfL Wolfsburg. A record by striker Robert Lewandowski is particularly interesting for Bayern. The live ticker.
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