Thomas Müller recalls his recent visit back to Bayern Munich, attending Mainz draw

Thomas Müller had quite the maiden season in the MLS with the Vancouver Whitecaps, making it to the MLS Cup finals, where they fell to Inter Miami in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Leaving behind an incredibly storied career at Bayern Munich, Müller contributed heavily to the Whitecaps’ run to the finals, having tallied nine goals and four assists from a total of thirteen appearances across all competitions. Those numbers are rather impressive considering Müller didn’t join up with the Whitecaps squad until early August after he stayed with Bayern for the FIFA Club World Cup.

Several members of Bayern’s front office, supervisory board and executive board have hinted at Müller coming back to Bayern to work in some sort of capacity and Müller himself has not ruled anything out at this point. For a player that’s quite synonymous with the Mia San Mia mentality, it would not be surprising at all to, at some point, see him make a return to the club to work in some way, shape, or form.

For now, though, Müller’s appearances in Munich have been purely social, and he was recently in town to say hello to his former teammates, coaching staff, and club officials. He very recently paid a visit to Bayern’s 2-2 draw with Mainz at the Allianz Arena as well as Säbener Straße, after which he also did an interview with Bavarian outlet Süddeutsche Zeitung.

“After landing, one of the first things I did in Germany was to visit the guys at Säbener Straße. We had arranged it that way; I’m still in a couple of group chats, for example, there’s a small golf community among the players. And I also stopped by to see the physio again; he’s known me for years. I simply returned to where I started from,” the Raumdeuter explained in the interview (via @iMiaSanMia).

Max Eberl was alongside Müller at the Allianz Arena for the Mainz draw and had said there was hardly a dull moment watching the match with the club’s former number 25, having been forced to adapt his more quiet approach during matches to Müller’s characteristic joking and frequent talking. After all, it was Eberl who had said the door was open to Müller staying at Bayern after the Club World Cup should he choose to do so, but Müller knew it was time to take the next step in his career, but his visits back to Munich perhaps foreshadow what might be to come in the future if and when he ever takes on any sort of official, non-playing role at Bayern — it’s inevitable.