It’s the most delightful thing in the world.
“Thomas Muller, who has had a stellar career with Bayern Munich and the German national team, recently contributed to a gold medal at the Olympics,” the UK’s Daily Mail reported on Tuesday, noting that his horse won the individual jumping title at the Paris Games.
Bayern Munich finished the 2023-2024 season with 72 points (23 wins, 3 draws, and 8 losses), good for third place in the league. It was the first time in 13 years since the 2010-2011 season that Munich finished third in the league. After an eventful season, the Bavarians eventually hired a new head coach, Vincent Kompany, and are now looking to take on new challenges.
At the center of it all is Muller. Muller made his 473rd Bundesliga appearance in the final game of last season, tying the record of Munich’s ‘legendary’ goalkeeper Jeff Meyer. “I appreciate all the congratulations, but I don’t care about records,” Muller said at the time.
Indeed, Muller’s record hack is ongoing.
Muller has lifted a total of 33 trophies since his Munich debut. That includes 12 Bundesliga titles, two UEFA Champions League titles, and a FIFA World Cup. He literally contributed to the heyday of both Munich and Germany.
Muller is also incredibly popular in South Korea. 메이저사이트 During his tour of Korea, the player who sold the most jerseys was Muller, not Kim Min-jae. Part of the reason is that many Koreans already had Kim Min-jae’s jersey, but the popularity of Muller himself translated into jersey sales.
Analyzing Munich’s tour of Korea at the time, Germany’s Bild wrote, “Muller was the most enthusiastic player on the tour.
This Muller added another victory.
But it wasn’t him, it was his horse. Muller, who runs a ranch, is serious about training racehorses. One of his horses, Checker, won a gold medal at the Olympic Games, partnered with Christian Kukuk.
Müller posted a congratulatory message on Instagram after Kukuk’s win. “We are the Olympic winners,” Muller gleefully proclaimed, as the most jovial German in the world, with a stuffed horse on his shoulder and a World Cup gold medal around his neck.
To Kukuk, Muller wrote: “You’ve been struggling with our checkers for the past year and a half. I’m so happy for you. Enjoy yourself and congratulations.” To Kukuk, Muller said, “We struggled with our checkers too. We worked hard to win the gold medal. Now we are the Olympic champions,” Müller said in a jubilant response.
