Surprise admission: Müller considered Barcelona before MLS move

Thomas Müller has unexpectedly spoken about a possible move to FC Barcelona. The former Bayern star revealed that before his MLS adventure, he could indeed imagine playing under Hansi Flick with the Catalans.

Since his move to Major League Soccer with the Vancouver Whitecaps, Thomas Müller has been performing excellently – eight goals and four assists in his first eight games speak volumes. However, the 36-year-old has now revealed that his career could have taken a different path.

In the BR show Blickpunkt Sport , Müller spoke openly about his considerations before leaving Munich. He revealed that FC Barcelona was indeed a possibility – under one condition: “I wanted to leave Europe. There might have been one or two options,” Müller explained. “I’d say, if Hansi Flick had called me, who knows me very well and if I liked the role in Barcelona – I might have said: I can imagine that.”

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What would have attracted the former Bayern professional to a move to Barça was the sporting perspective: “You’re at a top club, you know what people expect from you,” said Müller. A move to a club without a clear direction was never an option for him: “Where you play in a team where you can’t assess which direction it’s going this season, what your role is, what the fans’ expectations are.”

He does not regret consciously choosing a new path. In Vancouver, he has found his role as a key player and fan favorite, already celebrating his 35th title – more than any other German footballer before.

Working with Hansi Flick would have had a special meaning for Müller. Between 2019 and 2021, the duo shaped one of the most successful phases in FC Bayern’s history: two championships, the 2020 Champions League triumph, and the 2014 World Cup title (Flick was then assistant coach) are part of their joint record.

“He always understood me, trusted me, and knew how I tick. That’s not a given,” Müller had already said in earlier interviews about Flick.

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