Bayern professional Thomas Müller wants to continue playing for the national soccer team under the new national coach Hansi Flick.
After his DFB comeback at the European Championship, the 31-year-old offensive player would like to help rebuild after Joachim Löw's 15-year national coaching era.
Müller has already spoken to the 56-year-old Flick. "I have signaled my willingness to continue to be there," said Müller to the "Spiegel". The fact that he won't end his DFB career like the 31-year-old Toni Kroos from Real Madrid is mainly due to the new head coach, said Müller: “Hansi Flick is the coach who supported me at Bayern. He took me to an even higher level. "
Flick and Müller have won seven titles with FC Bayern in the past two seasons.
Flick immediately made Müller a fixture at the German record champions when he replaced Niko Kovac as head coach in November 2019.
With Flick he knows “that his game philosophy matches mine”, said Müller: “To take opponents by surprise like a herd of bulls or to come back after a residue.
Everyone involved will benefit from this.
And I think we have the right players for it. "
Müller and Flick have already worked together successfully at the DFB.
When he won the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Flick was Löw's assistant.
Löw had brought Müller back to the national team for the European Championship, as did Mats Hummels (32) from Dortmund.
Müller has played 106 international matches and scored 39 goals.
During his presentation as national coach this week, Flick emphasized that he would invite the best players to international matches. Age doesn't matter. "If you get top performance, you are also part of the team," he said specifically about Müller and Hummels. The first international matches under Flick will take place at the beginning of September in the World Cup qualification against Liechtenstein, Armenia and Iceland. The next tournament is the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.