Thomas Müller: “Robert Lewandowski has to win the Ballon d’Or, it’s not even worth discussing”

Clear. Thomas Müller believes that his Bayern Munich teammate Robert Lewandowski “must win“the Ballon d’Or, which will be awarded on Monday. The Polish striker had been appointed”Best Fifa Player 2020“, but the Ballon d’Or was not awarded that year because of the Covid-19. He also won the Golden Shoe for European top scorer last season.

“Lewy must win that trophy on monday, when you see the way he’s playing right now (…) don’t even bother discussing it“Müller said on Saturday after Bayern’s 1-0 victory over Bielefeld, which puts Munich on top of the Bundesliga after 13 matchdays.”No one plays as consistently as he currently plays in a club or national team“, added the German international.

Lewandowski accelerates again

In 2020-2021, the Pole definitely made German league history, scoring 41 goals in a single season (and 29 matches actually played). He erased from the shelves what Germany considers the greatest goalscorer of all time: Gerd Müller, who had raised to 40 goals (1971-72) a record that many thought unattainable.

Since then, “Lewy” has not wavered. At 33, he has just achieved the best start to the season of his career, with already thirty goals in twenty-six matches, in all competitions with Bayern (twenty-five goals in twenty matches) and the Polish selection (five goals in six matches).