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In 2019 it was, the day after Shrove Monday, when talks took place on the club grounds of FC Bayern on Säbener Strasse in Munich, which subsequently caused a sensation.

Joachim Löw, the national coach, had appeared with his assistant Marcus Sorg and Oliver Bierhoff, the director of the national teams, on March 5th to tell three deserving German national players something.

Nothing had reached the public in advance about the short visit, let alone what Löw wanted to say to the trio.

The delegation of the German Football Association (DFB) first spoke to Jérôme Boateng, then to Mats Hummels, who was still under contract in Munich at the time and now plays for BVB again, and then to Thomas Müller.

One after the other, they learned from Löw that they would no longer play a role in the national team under his direction.

The upheaval that the national coach had propagated after the disastrous preliminary round at the 2018 World Cup took shape for the first time.

Now, two years and a few internationals later, on the one hand it no longer seems impossible that there could be a return of Boateng, Hummels and Müller under Löw - and on the other hand, the players who were surprised and confused at the time about the message are more open than each for a possible comeback.

The desire is "great to take part", says Müller

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Thomas Müller, for example, who had always reacted cautiously to inquiries in the past few months, gave on Saturday after the 4: 2 (2: 2) against Borussia Dortmund for the first time concrete evidence that he was ready for a comeback.

“I definitely want to hunt for titles in the summer.

We'll see what happens in the end.

We'll see whether the Champions League final, which is clearly our goal, is over for me or not, ”said Müller in an interview with Sky.

Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng (from left) played for the DFB selection for years - in 2014 they became world champions

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The Champions League final is scheduled to take place in Istanbul on May 29, the European Championship will open on June 11.

The 31-year-old said about a possible European Championship participation was "great, to participate with the boys of this generation".

When asked by the record national player and today's Sky expert Lothar Matthäus whether he was ready for the national team, Müller said: "Yes, you already knew that, now we can print it."

Joachim Löw, who followed Bayern's victory over BVB live in the stadium on Saturday evening, had recently indicated that a radical change should not be completely canceled, but that it could.

It is ruled out that Löw will nominate the player or one of the retired players for the upcoming international matches against World Cup qualifiers against Iceland, Romania and North Macedonia this month, but possibly for the European Championship.

The national coach had expressed this in a detailed interview with the "Kicker" and in the ARD - and on Saturday again with Sky.

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"If you have a year like us in which development has stopped due to a ten-month break, then of course you can think about it," said the 61-year-old.

The EM is "its own competition, and of course it is our job to bring the best players out there and the best team in order to guarantee the greatest possible success".

Last year, when the German national team conceded a 6-0 draw in Spain in November, the call for Müller to return was loud afterwards.

Quite a few experts said that he would be missing as a driver and would be good for the national team.

“We always talk about the three players Hummels, Boateng and Thomas Müller.

We will decide that in May.

We'll see: Where do we stand, what do we need? ”Said Löw and emphasized:“ If you bring such players back now, then of course you have to give them a clear responsibility and have to take them on and off the pitch take responsibility.

Then of course they are set. ”In May a decision will be made as to“ which is the most effective for the tournament ”.