Germany and Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matthäus lists his all time top 10 of Bayern players after the news of Thomas Müller’s contract not being extended.
| Lothar Matthäus in the Franz Beckenbauer Cup. | Photo: Sebastian Widmann / Getty Images |
410 games and 151 goal contributions for Bayern Munich: Lothar Matthäus has had a glorious career which peaked during his time at Bayern. He truly is somebody who got to know the club and the history of the club very well.
Still following der Rekordmeister closely as a TV-expert and pundit, Matthäus has reacted negatively to the news of FC Bayern not extending Thomas Müller’s contract:
“I think he had deserved the right to decide himself when he wants to end his career in Munich; sadly that was not possible.”
Matthäus rates Müller very highly and even sees him as one of the three best and most important players in the club’s history. Check his full top 10 list down below!
Lothar Matthäus’s top 10 Bayern players of all time:
- Franz Beckenbauer (584 games)
- Gerd Müller (570 games)
- Thomas Müller (744 games)
- Manuel Neuer (554 games)
- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (422 games)
- Robert Lewandowski (375 games)
- Sepp Maier (709 games)
- Philipp Lahm (517 games)
- Paul Breitner (352 games)
- Franck Ribéry (425 games)
[Players who missed out on this list: Oliver Kahn, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mehmet Scholl, Joshua Kimmich, David Alaba, Lothar Matthäus himself, Uli Hoeneß and many more.]
