Klinsmann wants Müller to continue in US, Hoeness doesn't
Thomas Müller should continue his career in Major League Soccer after the end of his 25 years at Bayern Munich, former Bayern player and coach Jürgen Klinsmann has said.
Müller, 35, is yet to decide on his future after his trophy-laden Bayern career ended on Saturday when Bayern lost their Club World Cup quarter-final 2-0 against Paris Saint-Germain in Atlanta.
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Müller come on for the final 10 minutes for his 756th first team match, almost 17 years after he got his first Bundesliga start in August 2008 under then coach Klinsmann, who integrated him into the first team from the reserves.
Klinsmann, who has been living in California for many years and was also US national team coach, said in a column for Kicker sports magazine that he hopes Müller will take the plunge into MLS.
"I wish that he continues for a few more years, and of course that he includes the US adventure in his considerations," Klinsmann said.
"He has everything to give football in the US another push, like Lionel Messi and Marco Reus as well are doing."
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Messi plays for Inter Miami and Germany's Reus for Los Angeles Galaxy. LA could also be a destination for Müller in the form of Los Angeles FC who are said to be interested in the 2014 World Cup winner.
"He would surely have a lot of joy, and of course I hope that in this case it would preferably draw him to Los Angeles," Klinsmann said.
Bayern honorary president Uli Hoeness meanwhile expressed scepticism about a possible US move for Müller.
"I always said that it would be better for him to retire. But if he really wants to do it then he should," Hoeness told reporters on Saturday in Munich.
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Hoeness agreed that the MLS has improved in quality but warned that "when you have played at Bayern and then in Los Angeles - it is not the same thing."
Müller said on Saturday he was "aware that it was the last match" but that there was no decision yet.
"You have to process the events first. I'm still fully in work mode. Everything else will come gradually," he said.
One scenario is however out of the question, staying at Bayern because of Jamal Musiala's severe leg injury sustained on Saturday.
Müller named such suggestions "tawdry" and board member for sport Max Eberl insisted that "this is actually not in our thoughts."
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