Major League Soccer
Vancouver Whitecaps extend contract with Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller and the Vancouver Whitecaps have that Lost the final of the MLS Cup. But that shouldn’t have been the last joint attempt to win the title.
Thomas Müller is now officially under contract with the Vancouver Whitecaps for the coming season. Two days after the loss in the MLS Cup final against Inter Miami, the Canadian team announced that it had exercised Müller’s contract option. The squad for the coming season also includes ex-Hamburger SV captain Sebastian Schonlau, who has not yet played a role after his move due to problems with his Achilles tendon.
“It will mostly be the same players, but not the same group because so much has happened this season. I think we will be a better team next season,” said coach Jesper Sörensen. “We’re not starting from the beginning, but from a good level.”
Coach Sörensen praises Thomas Müller
He once again spoke highly of Müller. “He still has the feeling that he has something to prove to himself and he wants to find out every day how he can get even better,” said the Dane about the 2014 world champion. “He wants to know every detail, wants to know what we think and how we think so that he can help his colleagues on the pitch.”
After the Club World Cup in the summer, Müller moved to Major League Soccer after 25 years at FC Bayern Munich. With the Whitecaps he won the Canadian championship and failed in the final for the MLS title 3-1 to Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami.
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