@@chegbedaniel2222but then he use that movement to assist a teammate in a first touch . I saw him sending a cross to Lewandowski from the wing and the ball was in the air, Muller send the cross with the ball in the air, like a voley, exactly to Roberts head, insane
@@GokuT24-pp3dw of course he is underrated, compared to what he achieved. At his age he won and did for the team much more than Mbappe. But media/fan coverage of Mbappe is not even comparable to Muller. Also even players like Neymar, Suarez, Robben are much more hyped than Muller. I think it is because he is slow and not flashy at all, so he is invisible to a regular football fan.
@@GokuT24-pp3dw I’m bringing Mbappe because he is opposite of Mueller- he is overrated. Of course Mbappe is a good player, but we are talking about who is underrated/overrated. Fan media attention to Mbappe is 100x more than to Mueller at same age, but he achieved much less
@@GokuT24-pp3dwWait do you really think more people care about PSG and the french league? Bayern and the Bundesliga is clear above the french league. Especially back in 2010-2014 wich he was talking about. Dortmund was extremely good as well, so there was a rivalry. Dortmund kicked in out clubs like real madrid and was loved everywhere. In this time the Bundesliga was hyped and much more competitive than the league 1 today in the time of Mbappe. Nowadays most people don't care about the french league and the bundesliga because both have one strong team. But the discussion was about the younger Müller. And in those years the Bundesliga was great and far ahead of the french league now. That's not even close.
@@GokuT24-pp3dw We are talking about 2008-2014. The Bundesliga was competitive back then. For example Dortmund won the league twice and Wolfsburg won the league too. What your saying is correct for the league today, but not back then. Btw Juventus won 9 titles in a row too.
@@rikkidgermano9640no, Beatiful Football is Ronaldinho, who will prefeer to do a nutmeg than scoring a goal. 7x1 is the perfectly example from Germany vs Brazil playing styles. I Say that as a Brazilian.
Thomas Muller is a true legend of the game, and he is a testament too the fact that the strongest asset a footballer player can have is there IQ. Bayern do have some true all time greats Muller, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Lewandowski, Muller, Beckenbauer. Muller with Kane will be a deadly duo, with Sane and Gnabry on the wings
Thank you mate, as a Bayern fan I appreciate these nice words And so do your club (AC Milan). You guys had so many great players over the years. And you were always Bayern boogey team haha
Müller does not beat you with skill Müller does not beat you with speed Müller does not beat you with strength Müller just beats you If said so: Kudos to Uli Hesse
I'm not sure why everyone thinks that muller isn't skillfull. He may not use flashy tricks but his ball control, quick feet and brilliant passing are very large components of his game. Also, he's not built like a tank, but he's pretty strong and is very difficult to knock off the ball
@@ygjfv I wouldn't say so. I'd say he's one of the most skillfull it's much harder to control and pass a ball like he does at full pace for a full ninety minutes than it is to do a few stepovers and look skillfull like someone like st maxamin
It’s not just footballing intelligence. He may not seem so elegant but he has most of the qualities to excel. Technique, vision, build up play/inter play, good first touch,amazing in the final third and of course finding and manipulating space. This is what German football has always been about and he breathes it.
Thomas Müller has some strange moves at times, but if you look closely his technique ist actually VERY good! A pass can look strange because he makes it after the first touch, but other footballers wouldn‘t make the pass on the first touch in that situation. He is able to make moves that almost no one can do, it‘s genius. And it‘s crazy that somehow the football world didn‘t appreciate enough in the last 10 years. People laughed at him despite his incredible stats. And he has some leadership an mentality that can‘t be mesuared through statistics. That‘s my opinion on him as a footballer, and I‘m watching that guy for 11 years now.
Exactly, I can't stand these surface level analysis of players like this. To say Muller has no skills is flat out wrong. Watch any Germany or Bayern training session and you will see that technically the guy is easily among the best. What people really mean to say is that he isn't as easy on the eye as some of the players they like to watch. The fact that he's still playing at such a high level this late in to his career is proof enough, and for that you absolutely need to be skilled.
@@philippmeier3363 I would never blame these results on anyone other than our lazy overpayed players those years I'm talking about that particular play, afterI just watched this clip and couldn't believe the ref wouldn't whstle that foul, and then give the goal to boot. So yep,in this play the ref acted like a clown
@@therentboys7787 if you really think Neymar is bigger in World football than Müller that's a wild guess. Legacy, accomplishements etc all in Müllers favor. The only thing he is not is louder and flashier than neymar. Müller is 33 and still performing on highest level whilst Neymar just decided to basically end his career. If you ask my personal opinion. Neymar would have been the better player if he would have decided to put more effort in it. But he decided not too. He had way more potential than Müller ever would have BUT and that's the big difference. Mindset and work ethic makes Müller more valuable for beasically every single team he would have played on. As a coach I go for Müller any given second.
I'd say that his technical abilities are often underrated/looked, because he is good technical, but not in the 1% and shows his skills not with long dribblings, but mostly with efficient and short ball handling.
Pep Guardiola ones stated that, when he came to Bayern, he at first didn't know how to use Müller, but that it was absolutely on him not seeing Müllers genius.
what I love about the German football players is the mindset and their attitude, that they are really just football player that need to get a job done. no superstar / popstar attitude or big egos
Thomas Müller has some strange moves at times, but if you look closely his technique ist actually VERY good! A pass can look strange because he makes it after the first touch, but other footballers wouldn‘t make the pass on the first touch in that situation. He is able to make moves that almost no one can do, it‘s genius. And it‘s crazy that somehow the football world didn‘t appreciate enough in the last 10 years. People laughed at him despite his incredible stats. And he has some leadership an mentality that can‘t be mesuared through statistics. That‘s my opinion on him as a footballer, and I‘m watching that guy for 11 years now.
Imagine if zidane, muller, berbatov, and busquet, pirlo and xavi play together for a team..the game would seem so slow but no opponent team would keep up with them lol😂
Quite surprised to see people still remember and credit berbatov. Man was the definition of silky smooth and he was always at the right place at the right time
As a Bayern Munich supporter, I am delighted to see the immense respect that football fans from all over the world show towards Thomas Müller. He truly deserves it.
While Müller's first season with the pros was quite unimpressive, he had 15 goals and 5 assists in Bayern's reserve team in the German 3rd League. Fun Fact: His first goal at senior Level was for Bayern's reserve team in the 3rd League against Union Berlin in 2008. Now Union Berlin is a Bundesliga Team and will play in the Champions League this season
You are right, that he doesn't have world class finishing or world class technique, but one thing he does have, besides his IQ and his positioning, is world class passing and vision. He just sees the pitch and the space on it different from any other player. That is why he could be world class way into his 30s because speed and physical strength have never been crucial to his playstyle.
Saying Muller has no skills is just talking crasy. This is one of the best players in the world, and i`m saying this as an Argentinian (we lose a world cup final vs them). Give this player for my team every day.
Müller has to be one of the most accomplished players of all time. He won the World cup, won 2 trebles and currently has a streak of 10 straight domestic championships. He's injured so rarely, that he could even break the records for most appearances both in the national team and for Bayern. Most impressive about this, is that the current record holder for Bayern is Sepp Maier (a goalkeeper). The only big title, that he's missing is a European Championship (something that even Messi couldn't win)....
Müller is a Legend. His abilities are often talked down but looking at FbRef Stats and his play style it is undeniable that his only real weakness is dribbling and 1v1. Everything else he excels at or at least holds his own in the top 5 leagues. His first touch is somewhat inconsistent when he tries to keep the ball or set himself up for a shot on goal. But his direct passing linking play to his team mates is always 1 step ahead of everyone else. Müller is a dream come true for youth trainers; he always already has a plan when he gets the ball and he knows exactly how his teammates think. His crossing is also on point. Him an Lewandowski were magical to witness. If you'd set him free blindfolded with a ball he would be sure to find Lewa anywhere on the planet. He is a very special player in his work rate, leadership skills, vision, anticipation, reading of the game, passing and crossing, interlinking game... He is a player you naturally underestimate by his physique. You can run faster than him, outdribble him, physically overpower him but you can't outsmart him in the long run. His nearly inhury free career is also helping him a lot. Marco Reus could be just as important and respected in German and club football if he wasn't made of glass. His numbers are astonishing for someone basically missing half seasons on the reg.
One of the best characters in soccer. Unfortunately part of the last generation - don’t think we’ll have these down to earth and loyal players in modern soccer.
Great video! One thing that you forgot to mention is that how incredible it is that he stayed so healthy throughout his career. Players as good as him can very often be riddled with injury (eg. Hazard) that's a big part of his success.
If football IQ was a person it would be Thomas Mueller. He could turn out to be a fantastic coach one day because of the way he reads the game as a player. His ability to play across the frontline and as well as positioning himself to recieve and start counter attacks is a thing of beauty. He made a lasting impression on me in the 2010 WC in South Africa where at 19/20 he was already complete as a footballer and that was his first major tournament.
Tomas being unskilled is exaggerated. He is mediocre at dribbling, that's it. Passing? No he excelled under Guardiola and can send a good cross. Definitely isn't slow either lol. Him being elite with one-twos and final passes alone already disqualifies him from being unskilled tbh
He is pretty unskilled for the level he is at. Obviously he passes the technically required skill check to play at the highest level, so obviously he is very skilled. But you can easily put him in the conversation as one of the best players to have played over the last 20 years. And compared to those players, he is not very skilled, he is probably the least physically skilled/elegant players in that conversation. At the same time he is, at least in my book, at the top of that list, which is where for me the unskilled part comes from, unskilled compared to the players you have to compare him to.
Her Thomas het my beindruk oor die jare. Nie net sy intellegensie nie, maar hy het hart en die will om nie te verloor nie..bravo..im an arsenal fc fan, North Londons own, I'm just an African, and a massive soccer fan. Who make this video thank you bless you
At the end of 2014 World Cup, with him being 25 and having 10 World Cup goals, I thought he had 100% chances to beat Miroslav Klose's record. Anyway, there's always Mbappe...
Nah I always thought that he has Max 2 more world cups out of which I thought 1 will be a dud for sure and in the other I thought Muller will score 3-4 I thought he would end at 13. For Mbappe i think he's got 3 more in him out of which 1 will be a lost cause. In the other 2 I think he's scoring 10-11 more. So 22/23 in total
@@ElysianVisionsX and yet they still did not win the WC in 2014. If you have too many superstars, you cannot win anything. Teams like France and Brasil base their strength too much on certain individual players and when these players are sick or injured the whole team falls apart. Football is still a teamsport and if one important player is missing you need to have a perfect sub for him.
He's not flashy, not an enigma, he doesn't even play that "beautifully" but Muller is the person you get when you maximize basic football skills Touch, shooting, dribbling and positioning with consistency. As a Bayern fan, he is already a Legend
1 World Cup 2x champions league winner 2x club World Cup winner 12x German champion 3x top goal scorer 2x super cup winner 6x German cup winner 8x German super cup winner He’s a legend of the bundesliga and German football
He is one of the all time greats and that is what we are talking about. I don't think anyone is forgetting Muller when talking about great footballers.
It would be easy to add a dozen of german players or even teams, which would be international legends, if they only wouldn't happend to have been german.
@@arjunsatheesh7609i feel german players especially when they play in germany have a harder time being recognized by the public compared to other nations
@@Ni1996Ki Within English speaking communities, German players may appear to be under represented simply because Bundesliga does retain most German origin players and the English Premier League doesn't usually get a lot of the top German players. That said, the whole world knows Bayern Munich and many fans of football who don't closely follow the Bundesliga are still aware of Borussia Dortmund. Everyone considers the German football team a force to reckon with and a poor showing in the World Cup by Germany is considered a surprise by anyone. Any football fan who follows the EPL will most likely be aware of the hype that 'potential' players eyed by EPL clubs receive. That hype will never be there for German players simply because the marketing of the Bundesliga in the Anglosphere is well below the EPL. Thomas Muller is known as one of the greats by anyone who has seen the German national team or Bayern Munich play. Harry Kane's move to Bayern and Lewandowski's move out of Bayern has introduced the team name to a wider audience in recent times. This video does highlight Muller as a great player and soon more people in the Anglosphere will be talking about him. It never felt like German players were under-represented it only felt like they never got that hype. After all, hype is a function of marketing and media perception, never a matter of skill.
Müller is the playmaker, great vision, high pass accuracy. But also, he really have some great skills, he can perform good skill moves, and his long shots are lethal. Also, really humble, and really kind guy, a true footballer.
Dude! Thank you! I have been telling everyone who will listen, Thomas Mueller represents everything that you can do as a player OFF the ball with a great first touch. He's the perfect tactical player.
Itd actually rlly sweet whenever Muller and Van Ghaal talk to eachother or about eachother Theres a great deal of love and trust between the two Van Ghaal saw what noone did and showed it to the rest of the world Muller became a selfless player with no ego and honourable to a tee
Intelligence is just as important of an asset for a football player as pace or skill. I've only played at a decent amateur level, but we had one guy who became a Raumdeuter due to injury. Before the injury the guy was an absolute beast in our league. He was one of if not the fastest and most skilled player in the entire league, but due to his injury he had to undergo several knee surgeries and missed almost 3 entire years and when he finally returned, even though doctors told him to quit soccer, he had lost pretty much all his stamina and speed, but he adapted very well to this situation. Most of the time he was just walking around the pitch reading the game, but when he saw an opportunity, he jumped into action or ditched out amazing passes that would make some pro players jealous. He scored less goals than he used to before the injury, but his assists skyrocketed and he made the players around him much better, because by walking around and reading the game, he often picked up on weaknesses of the opponents defense. He was almost like an additional coach
Kroos and Schweinsteiger or Lahm didnt have those flashy skills either, but they are one of the best in every team they played and all played consistend over a decade in starting elevens in the best clubs of the world. And them and Muller won the world cup and championsleagues together. They are jsut very very reliable and smart teamplayers. One of these guys in a team will make any team better. Every sucessful team needs players like this and those 4 are exeptional. Muller said in an interview that he concentrates on what will happen not with his pass but with two or three passes later and then decided where he runs. he said in the youth he was always runnign were nobody would run because he thought noone is going there so ill be there e.g. he sees people concentrating on the long post and he goes short. What makes him so freaking important is that he yells and talks to the whole team the whole time and tells them what will happen. He is organizing the full first line defense and when to run for the ball and so on. Watch any Bayern game during covid in an empty stadium and you can hear "Radio muller" almost 90 minutes even more than both coaches combined
I've seen Toni Kroos live on a regular basis in his 2nd Bayer 04 loan year (2009/10) and in most of the games he seemed playing on Bundesliga level without any rush. He just moved in the right places a second before the rest of the players even realised what would most probably happen next on the pitch. Kroos was 20 years old then. Müller is the same age and also has that skill. So the conditions were quite comparable. However, Müller is playing a forward role. You only get a fraction of time to make your decisions compared to the central midfield. Thomas Müller brought in an unseen and creative understanding of what can be played in the final third of the pitch.
I don't know which coach or pundit said this but (I'm paraphrasing here): If you don't pay attention, Thomas Müller can play like crap for 89 minutes. But in that one minute, he will score or assist out of nowhere.
Muller is just the type of player I'd like to have in my team. He is like Busquets, they both don't have the best athletic capacity but their football IQ and awareness is unmatched.
One of the most unique players of all time. He makes everything so simple not over complicated but so efficient . I’ll take that everyday than super flashy over dribble but lack of end product
Thomas Muller proves that it isn’t huge swathes of skill that makes you a world class player - its that 1 inch of grey cells between the ears that makes an average player one of the best in his generation.
It's funny he isn't considered to excel at any real footballing skills except for his overall/footballing IQ. While to me he is the perfect example of what a stereotype footballer looks like. Perhaps players like Iniesta still takes that actual crown because they do have the footballing edge over someone like Müller but then again, Iniesta is one of the best players ever so how fair is that?
I think a lot of that difference comes from where they were developed. I imagine Muller would've had a very similar style to Iniesta if he was developed at La Masia, but Muller may just be too big in general to play like Iniesta. Muller is 6'1" vs Iniesta at 5'7"
its about IQ -and- technique. Muller has exceptional technique and very little wasted movement. Technique, movement, and IQ all matter before flashy tricks or raw speed.
This goes for a lot of players not just muller. Honestly you're just down downplaying his skill by saying he has no skill at all. This isn't the right title to give him.
I mean, speaking as an Englishman he's not exactly slow either. True, he was never a kyle walker/mbappe in terms of pace but i never saw him as slow. I always thought of Muller as a well rounded team player with a bit of everything
You made a mistake: Maradona didn’t sit next to muller bc of disrespect. Maradona thought it was a coaches interview. Once he realized muller was a player he realized he should have been there and when back
I think you got this wrong at 5:55. Maradona disrespected Müller at a friendly earlier that year. At the world cup, everyone knew who Müller was and why HE was doing interviews.
He plays like a Berkhamp/Lampard hybrid almost. If you think he's in the midfield he's already at the back post looking for a finish but if you think he's in the box to score he'll pass to the striker.
Muller is an inspirational footballer. He’s a proof that you don’t necessarily need to be athletic or have exceptional dribbling or technique to become a world class player. You only need to know how to use your brain
I know a guy just like that He does not only have great positioning and game vision, he also motivates the team whenever they are having a bad performance. He was even the top scorer from the futsal tournament I was in
Hes just one of the best players of this generation and for me at the same level like Neymar(because of consistency) and only under players like Ronaldo, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and only a few players. (One more thing Muller>>>KDB)
Good video! Müller is a phenomenon. Just want to correct one thing though: The incident with Maradona was in a friendly in March 2010, not at the World Cup. But that doesn't make it less embarrasing for Maradona, since Müller had 15 scorepoints (goals and assists) in 24 Bundesliga matches at that point and started almost every game with bayern.
And not to forget : No scandals, never beef with others, Always friendly in Interviews and a real funny guy. Great personality.
i remember Robben slapping him on the pitch xD but yes indeed, there was no beef
Remember Pepe? ;D
@@slyhow Well yes
@@slyhow Pepe is a dog, should never been allowed on a football pitch
But that's not very common anyways.
Muller's skills are amazing . His first touch and passing is great . You can't just become an elite player with just football iq
he hasn’t got any flashy skills is what all these people mean but they ignore the rlly important efficient skills
His athleticism, strength (on and off the ball) is top notch, could run indefinitely for an entire match and used to be pretty rapid in his prime
I think his greatest skill is his off the ball movement
@@chegbedaniel2222but then he use that movement to assist a teammate in a first touch . I saw him sending a cross to Lewandowski from the wing and the ball was in the air, Muller send the cross with the ball in the air, like a voley, exactly to Roberts head, insane
Have you ever watch inzaghi?😂
Muller is one of if not the most underrated footballers in football history
@@GokuT24-pp3dwhe is underrated he truly becomes to goat category only player to destroy goats he is truly 3rd best of our generation
@@GokuT24-pp3dw of course he is underrated, compared to what he achieved. At his age he won and did for the team much more than Mbappe. But media/fan coverage of Mbappe is not even comparable to Muller. Also even players like Neymar, Suarez, Robben are much more hyped than Muller. I think it is because he is slow and not flashy at all, so he is invisible to a regular football fan.
@@GokuT24-pp3dw I’m bringing Mbappe because he is opposite of Mueller- he is overrated. Of course Mbappe is a good player, but we are talking about who is underrated/overrated. Fan media attention to Mbappe is 100x more than to Mueller at same age, but he achieved much less
@@GokuT24-pp3dwWait do you really think more people care about PSG and the french league?
Bayern and the Bundesliga is clear above the french league. Especially back in 2010-2014 wich he was talking about. Dortmund was extremely good as well, so there was a rivalry. Dortmund kicked in out clubs like real madrid and was loved everywhere. In this time the Bundesliga was hyped and much more competitive than the league 1 today in the time of Mbappe.
Nowadays most people don't care about the french league and the bundesliga because both have one strong team.
But the discussion was about the younger Müller. And in those years the Bundesliga was great and far ahead of the french league now. That's not even close.
@@GokuT24-pp3dw We are talking about 2008-2014. The Bundesliga was competitive back then. For example Dortmund won the league twice and Wolfsburg won the league too.
What your saying is correct for the league today, but not back then. Btw Juventus won 9 titles in a row too.
Muller really is the embodiment of the Germany spirit. He doesn’t play beautiful football, he plays effective and efficient football
In 2014 Germany played beautiful football, especially against Brasil ☝🏼
Simply no
It's more like he doesn't go out of his way to be flashy. His playstyle is about efficiency, and that's incidentally beautiful
@@rikkidgermano9640no, Beatiful Football is Ronaldinho, who will prefeer to do a nutmeg than scoring a goal. 7x1 is the perfectly example from Germany vs Brazil playing styles.
I Say that as a Brazilian.
@@BraboDmsSlc I mean, yeah you're right. But Brazil has defeated Germany with their beautiful game, too.
Thomas Muller is a true legend of the game, and he is a testament too the fact that the strongest asset a footballer player can have is there IQ.
Bayern do have some true all time greats Muller, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Lewandowski, Muller, Beckenbauer. Muller with Kane will be a deadly duo, with Sane and Gnabry on the wings
Thank you mate, as a Bayern fan I appreciate these nice words
And so do your club (AC Milan). You guys had so many great players over the years. And you were always Bayern boogey team haha
You forgot about Coman bro. Hes Bayerns best winger
@@romanu2293
Yes, Coman is the best winger no doubt
@@romanu2293sane is the best one, when you compare them all in form
Far from it.
Müller does not beat you with skill
Müller does not beat you with speed
Müller does not beat you with strength
Müller just beats you
If said so: Kudos to Uli Hesse
Facts
I'm not sure why everyone thinks that muller isn't skillfull. He may not use flashy tricks but his ball control, quick feet and brilliant passing are very large components of his game. Also, he's not built like a tank, but he's pretty strong and is very difficult to knock off the ball
That is the most accurate description of Muller
@@headphoneman10its not that they think that he isnt skillfull he just lacks in this domain in comperison to other *big* players.
@@ygjfv I wouldn't say so. I'd say he's one of the most skillfull it's much harder to control and pass a ball like he does at full pace for a full ninety minutes than it is to do a few stepovers and look skillfull like someone like st maxamin
I'm 32 and feel like Muller has been a footballer since I opened my eyes. To my surprise, he's still 33 😮 what a legend
Same. Might be from their 2014 worldcup win
@@aidanross6155 He was in 2010 also.
I'm 37 and feel the same
@@neerkoli 2010 he looks older than now :D
you mean 2010?@@aidanross6155
It’s not just footballing intelligence. He may not seem so elegant but he has most of the qualities to excel. Technique, vision, build up play/inter play, good first touch,amazing in the final third and of course finding and manipulating space. This is what German football has always been about and he breathes it.
Half of the things you mentioned there are basically football IQ
I swear müller should be the new joker
mate ur repeating what football iq is lol
Thomas Müller has some strange moves at times, but if you look closely his technique ist actually VERY good! A pass can look strange because he makes it after the first touch, but other footballers wouldn‘t make the pass on the first touch in that situation. He is able to make moves that almost no one can do, it‘s genius. And it‘s crazy that somehow the football world didn‘t appreciate enough in the last 10 years. People laughed at him despite his incredible stats. And he has some leadership an mentality that can‘t be mesuared through statistics. That‘s my opinion on him as a footballer, and I‘m watching that guy for 11 years now.
Exactly, I can't stand these surface level analysis of players like this. To say Muller has no skills is flat out wrong. Watch any Germany or Bayern training session and you will see that technically the guy is easily among the best. What people really mean to say is that he isn't as easy on the eye as some of the players they like to watch. The fact that he's still playing at such a high level this late in to his career is proof enough, and for that you absolutely need to be skilled.
I'll never forget that basketball screen he did to Jordi Alba.
Half the merit belongs to the clown posing as a referee in that game 🤡
I won’t either. It was beautiful
@@alexoller22cry more
@@alexoller22Barca Fans are the only ones that can see a 7-0 defeat on agg. and still blame the ref
@@philippmeier3363 I would never blame these results on anyone other than our lazy overpayed players those years I'm talking about that particular play, afterI just watched this clip and couldn't believe the ref wouldn't whstle that foul, and then give the goal to boot. So yep,in this play the ref acted like a clown
Bigger legacy than Neymar
no. amazing player but neymar will be remembered for longer as he was more entertaining
@@therentboys7787Müller is much bigger than Neymar
@@therentboys7787 if you really think Neymar is bigger in World football than Müller that's a wild guess. Legacy, accomplishements etc all in Müllers favor. The only thing he is not is louder and flashier than neymar. Müller is 33 and still performing on highest level whilst Neymar just decided to basically end his career. If you ask my personal opinion. Neymar would have been the better player if he would have decided to put more effort in it. But he decided not too. He had way more potential than Müller ever would have BUT and that's the big difference. Mindset and work ethic makes Müller more valuable for beasically every single team he would have played on. As a coach I go for Müller any given second.
Cmon man Neymar is great but Muller is a German legend and as a decades long Bayern fan Muller is my favorite Bayern player
I'm brazilian and i think that as well lmao
Under rated, under appreciated, under valued. This man should be considered a genius too.
It is between people who understands football. Thierry Henry once said, is unfair that Müller isn't nominated to Ballond'or every year.
imagine having a team with Muller and Pirlo
@@SamareDoTelke Oh yeah and Xavi
I'd say that his technical abilities are often underrated/looked, because he is good technical, but not in the 1% and shows his skills not with long dribblings, but mostly with efficient and short ball handling.
I think they are underrated because they sometimes look goofy but they work!
Someone once said "Knowledge is strength."
They were right.
Pep Guardiola ones stated that, when he came to Bayern, he at first didn't know how to use Müller, but that it was absolutely on him not seeing Müllers genius.
what I love about the German football players is the mindset and their attitude, that they are really just football player that need to get a job done. no superstar / popstar attitude or big egos
Thomas Müller has some strange moves at times, but if you look closely his technique ist actually VERY good! A pass can look strange because he makes it after the first touch, but other footballers wouldn‘t make the pass on the first touch in that situation. He is able to make moves that almost no one can do, it‘s genius. And it‘s crazy that somehow the football world didn‘t appreciate enough in the last 10 years. People laughed at him despite his incredible stats. And he has some leadership an mentality that can‘t be mesuared through statistics. That‘s my opinion on him as a footballer, and I‘m watching that guy for 11 years now.
Yeah, he sort of looks clumsy in the way he moves, he's not the most elegant , but he knows exactly what he's doing.
And whenever Bayern bench him they suck and eventually the coach gets sacked.
Imagine if zidane, muller, berbatov, and busquet, pirlo and xavi play together for a team..the game would seem so slow but no opponent team would keep up with them lol😂
That’s the most frustrating thing. Getting so close to the ball but not being able to touch it
Quite surprised to see people still remember and credit berbatov. Man was the definition of silky smooth and he was always at the right place at the right time
And RIQUELME
but muller is an attacker, he will score.
A very slow match with very high goals and possession
He's the definition of German efficiency. he's not flashy but his fundamental footballing skills are incredible.
You missed one part. Both become so incredibly efficient that they end up becoming extra flashy in their own right.
As a Bayern Munich supporter, I am delighted to see the immense respect that football fans from all over the world show towards Thomas Müller. He truly deserves it.
even chinese know him and give him an endearing nickname
While Müller's first season with the pros was quite unimpressive, he had 15 goals and 5 assists in Bayern's reserve team in the German 3rd League.
Fun Fact: His first goal at senior Level was for Bayern's reserve team in the 3rd League against Union Berlin in 2008. Now Union Berlin is a Bundesliga Team and will play in the Champions League this season
Well, he was like 18 back then 😅 And 15 goals in a debut season? To me that's not unimpressive
@@PrgressiveHouseyeah this dude on some crack
And will play vs Real Madrid, this will be one of the nicest Duells Berlin has seen in maybe 20 years.
You are right, that he doesn't have world class finishing or world class technique, but one thing he does have, besides his IQ and his positioning, is world class passing and vision. He just sees the pitch and the space on it different from any other player. That is why he could be world class way into his 30s because speed and physical strength have never been crucial to his playstyle.
Vision is football IQ
@@ErenDenizMertNo, you might find it funny but moving your head is a physical abilty. It can be trained so it happens automatically.
@@Skyl3t0n Moving your head? Thats not vision
@@ErenDenizMert so you can turn your eyes 180°?
LOL what? He has world class finishing alright
Saying Muller has no skills is just talking crasy. This is one of the best players in the world, and i`m saying this as an
Argentinian (we lose a world cup final vs them). Give this player for my team every day.
Im also argentinian and as a bayern fan muller its just built different
Another Argentine here, an insane player. Superb vision, intelligence and interpretation skills. Legendary.
Müller has to be one of the most accomplished players of all time. He won the World cup, won 2 trebles and currently has a streak of 10 straight domestic championships.
He's injured so rarely, that he could even break the records for most appearances both in the national team and for Bayern. Most impressive about this, is that the current record holder for Bayern is Sepp Maier (a goalkeeper).
The only big title, that he's missing is a European Championship (something that even Messi couldn't win)....
Because Messi cant play in the EC since he isnt from europe...
Messi won the Coppa that is a bit easyer to win.
@@janp5063 that was an obvious joke ^^
All that while teaching Messi a class of 2 on playmaking
11 Championchips
it's actually 11 straight domestic championships, although the last one was very close
Müller is a Legend. His abilities are often talked down but looking at FbRef Stats and his play style it is undeniable that his only real weakness is dribbling and 1v1. Everything else he excels at or at least holds his own in the top 5 leagues. His first touch is somewhat inconsistent when he tries to keep the ball or set himself up for a shot on goal. But his direct passing linking play to his team mates is always 1 step ahead of everyone else. Müller is a dream come true for youth trainers; he always already has a plan when he gets the ball and he knows exactly how his teammates think. His crossing is also on point. Him an Lewandowski were magical to witness. If you'd set him free blindfolded with a ball he would be sure to find Lewa anywhere on the planet.
He is a very special player in his work rate, leadership skills, vision, anticipation, reading of the game, passing and crossing, interlinking game... He is a player you naturally underestimate by his physique. You can run faster than him, outdribble him, physically overpower him but you can't outsmart him in the long run. His nearly inhury free career is also helping him a lot. Marco Reus could be just as important and respected in German and club football if he wasn't made of glass. His numbers are astonishing for someone basically missing half seasons on the reg.
One of the best characters in soccer. Unfortunately part of the last generation - don’t think we’ll have these down to earth and loyal players in modern soccer.
In the pitch, training, locker room..everywhere Müller is the heart of Bayern Munich ❤
Great video! One thing that you forgot to mention is that how incredible it is that he stayed so healthy throughout his career. Players as good as him can very often be riddled with injury (eg. Hazard) that's a big part of his success.
If football IQ was a person it would be Thomas Mueller. He could turn out to be a fantastic coach one day because of the way he reads the game as a player. His ability to play across the frontline and as well as positioning himself to recieve and start counter attacks is a thing of beauty. He made a lasting impression on me in the 2010 WC in South Africa where at 19/20 he was already complete as a footballer and that was his first major tournament.
Tomas being unskilled is exaggerated. He is mediocre at dribbling, that's it. Passing? No he excelled under Guardiola and can send a good cross. Definitely isn't slow either lol. Him being elite with one-twos and final passes alone already disqualifies him from being unskilled tbh
Unskilled as in the typical aesthetic dribbler like Zidane, Kaka, or *insert long legged elegant dribbler that plays CAM*
He is pretty unskilled for the level he is at.
Obviously he passes the technically required skill check to play at the highest level, so obviously he is very skilled.
But you can easily put him in the conversation as one of the best players to have played over the last 20 years.
And compared to those players, he is not very skilled, he is probably the least physically skilled/elegant players in that conversation.
At the same time he is, at least in my book, at the top of that list, which is where for me the unskilled part comes from, unskilled compared to the players you have to compare him to.
A footballing god!
Bayerns 3rd goal vs Bremen, his assist to Sane, sums him up perfectly.
Her Thomas het my beindruk oor die jare. Nie net sy intellegensie nie, maar hy het hart en die will om nie te verloor nie..bravo..im an arsenal fc fan, North Londons own, I'm just an African, and a massive soccer fan. Who make this video thank you bless you
At the end of 2014 World Cup, with him being 25 and having 10 World Cup goals, I thought he had 100% chances to beat Miroslav Klose's record. Anyway, there's always Mbappe...
Mbapee had a better team than Muller's Germany. IQ alone can't win you games
Nah I always thought that he has Max 2 more world cups out of which I thought 1 will be a dud for sure and in the other I thought Muller will score 3-4
I thought he would end at 13.
For Mbappe i think he's got 3 more in him out of which 1 will be a lost cause. In the other 2 I think he's scoring 10-11 more. So 22/23 in total
@@Kushagra.jthe lost cause might be the last one if at all xD
@@ElysianVisionsX and yet they still did not win the WC in 2014. If you have too many superstars, you cannot win anything. Teams like France and Brasil base their strength too much on certain individual players and when these players are sick or injured the whole team falls apart. Football is still a teamsport and if one important player is missing you need to have a perfect sub for him.
but later Germany team decided to go straight to sh... I don't know what happened to them. It's like they get sick or something.
Thank you for the video! I knew Müller was really good but I didn’t realize how great of a player and of a person he is. Thank you!
Midfielders work in silence, the likes of Müller and Busquets are elite midfielders that go unnoticed most of the time.
Noone in the history of the game ever came close to his ability of abusing space. True legend
Thomas Müller is definitely one of the players of all time.
He's not flashy, not an enigma, he doesn't even play that "beautifully" but Muller is the person you get when you maximize basic football skills Touch, shooting, dribbling and positioning with consistency. As a Bayern fan, he is already a Legend
He's basically that guy in a game that no-one pays attention to but somehow ends up getting mvp at the end of every match.
1 World Cup
2x champions league winner
2x club World Cup winner
12x German champion
3x top goal scorer
2x super cup winner
6x German cup winner
8x German super cup winner
He’s a legend of the bundesliga and German football
Müllers technical skills are very underrated. He is not just smart, he is also a good baller
If Müller wasnt german we'd talk about one of the greatest players of all time.
He is one of the all time greats and that is what we are talking about. I don't think anyone is forgetting Muller when talking about great footballers.
It would be easy to add a dozen of german players or even teams, which would be international legends, if they only wouldn't happend to have been german.
@@arjunsatheesh7609i feel german players especially when they play in germany have a harder time being recognized by the public compared to other nations
@@Ni1996Ki Within English speaking communities, German players may appear to be under represented simply because Bundesliga does retain most German origin players and the English Premier League doesn't usually get a lot of the top German players. That said, the whole world knows Bayern Munich and many fans of football who don't closely follow the Bundesliga are still aware of Borussia Dortmund. Everyone considers the German football team a force to reckon with and a poor showing in the World Cup by Germany is considered a surprise by anyone. Any football fan who follows the EPL will most likely be aware of the hype that 'potential' players eyed by EPL clubs receive. That hype will never be there for German players simply because the marketing of the Bundesliga in the Anglosphere is well below the EPL.
Thomas Muller is known as one of the greats by anyone who has seen the German national team or Bayern Munich play. Harry Kane's move to Bayern and Lewandowski's move out of Bayern has introduced the team name to a wider audience in recent times. This video does highlight Muller as a great player and soon more people in the Anglosphere will be talking about him. It never felt like German players were under-represented it only felt like they never got that hype. After all, hype is a function of marketing and media perception, never a matter of skill.
@@xwormwood I don't know WTF you are talking about but players like Khan, Rumenigge, Beckenbauer, are all considered international legends!
Honestly, most German players are known for just being really smart in how they approach the game.
Müller is the playmaker, great vision, high pass accuracy. But also, he really have some great skills, he can perform good skill moves, and his long shots are lethal.
Also, really humble, and really kind guy, a true footballer.
"No pace or skills" Müller would destroy everyone in this comment section easily
Dude! Thank you!
I have been telling everyone who will listen, Thomas Mueller represents everything that you can do as a player OFF the ball with a great first touch. He's the perfect tactical player.
Itd actually rlly sweet whenever Muller and Van Ghaal talk to eachother or about eachother
Theres a great deal of love and trust between the two
Van Ghaal saw what noone did and showed it to the rest of the world
Muller became a selfless player with no ego and honourable to a tee
Intelligence is just as important of an asset for a football player as pace or skill.
I've only played at a decent amateur level, but we had one guy who became a Raumdeuter due to injury.
Before the injury the guy was an absolute beast in our league. He was one of if not the fastest and most skilled player in the entire league, but due to his injury he had to undergo several knee surgeries and missed almost 3 entire years and when he finally returned, even though doctors told him to quit soccer, he had lost pretty much all his stamina and speed, but he adapted very well to this situation.
Most of the time he was just walking around the pitch reading the game, but when he saw an opportunity, he jumped into action or ditched out amazing passes that would make some pro players jealous.
He scored less goals than he used to before the injury, but his assists skyrocketed and he made the players around him much better, because by walking around and reading the game, he often picked up on weaknesses of the opponents defense. He was almost like an additional coach
I’ll never forget his Robert LewanGOALski moment 🤣
ThomAssist Muller
As a German born in 2005, this brought back memories of seeing most of these games live on TV back in the day. Thank you for this
Barcelona fans cry when they see this guy.
Kroos and Schweinsteiger or Lahm didnt have those flashy skills either, but they are one of the best in every team they played and all played consistend over a decade in starting elevens in the best clubs of the world. And them and Muller won the world cup and championsleagues together. They are jsut very very reliable and smart teamplayers. One of these guys in a team will make any team better. Every sucessful team needs players like this and those 4 are exeptional. Muller said in an interview that he concentrates on what will happen not with his pass but with two or three passes later and then decided where he runs. he said in the youth he was always runnign were nobody would run because he thought noone is going there so ill be there e.g. he sees people concentrating on the long post and he goes short. What makes him so freaking important is that he yells and talks to the whole team the whole time and tells them what will happen. He is organizing the full first line defense and when to run for the ball and so on. Watch any Bayern game during covid in an empty stadium and you can hear "Radio muller" almost 90 minutes even more than both coaches combined
I've seen Toni Kroos live on a regular basis in his 2nd Bayer 04 loan year (2009/10) and in most of the games he seemed playing on Bundesliga level without any rush. He just moved in the right places a second before the rest of the players even realised what would most probably happen next on the pitch. Kroos was 20 years old then. Müller is the same age and also has that skill. So the conditions were quite comparable. However, Müller is playing a forward role. You only get a fraction of time to make your decisions compared to the central midfield.
Thomas Müller brought in an unseen and creative understanding of what can be played in the final third of the pitch.
One of the greatest footballing minds.
I don't know which coach or pundit said this but (I'm paraphrasing here):
If you don't pay attention, Thomas Müller can play like crap for 89 minutes. But in that one minute, he will score or assist out of nowhere.
Gänsehaut ong einfach todes geil zu sehen wie müller langsam aber sicher immer mehr annerkannt wird und leute verstehen wie intelligent sein spiel ist
Müller is a living legend! 🏆🏆🏆
Muller is just the type of player I'd like to have in my team. He is like Busquets, they both don't have the best athletic capacity but their football IQ and awareness is unmatched.
One of the most unique players of all time. He makes everything so simple not over complicated but so efficient . I’ll take that everyday than super flashy over dribble but lack of end product
People forget muller has world cup golden boot in 2010
this is a résumé of every season that he played, you should have talk about his positionnement and his role in the game and for the team
A legend in every sense of the word. A humble and worthy ambassador of the game.
He's going to make an incredible manager one day
9:35 you know, you're one of the greatest players of all time, when you still had 30 scorer points in your "worst" season.
His play style is closest to the second striker than any other position and he mostly resembles messi when it comes to his position in the field
Most underrated player in modern football history….. no debate
Thomas Muller proves that it isn’t huge swathes of skill that makes you a world class player - its that 1 inch of grey cells between the ears that makes an average player one of the best in his generation.
His interviews are even better
It's funny he isn't considered to excel at any real footballing skills except for his overall/footballing IQ. While to me he is the perfect example of what a stereotype footballer looks like.
Perhaps players like Iniesta still takes that actual crown because they do have the footballing edge over someone like Müller but then again, Iniesta is one of the best players ever so how fair is that?
I think a lot of that difference comes from where they were developed. I imagine Muller would've had a very similar style to Iniesta if he was developed at La Masia, but Muller may just be too big in general to play like Iniesta. Muller is 6'1" vs Iniesta at 5'7"
Bro this video was so entertaining and chill. Really underrated
he is a legend of the game
one of the all time best
what a brilliant documentary on a legend of the game. great video.
In my eyes the greatest all round footballer in the world, between him and Messi they show what football perfection is, the others are just hype.
It's weird to think he was top-scorer in so many different competitions. Of course, he's an offensive player, but still, no clinical striker.
Nightmare for barca💀
its about IQ -and- technique. Muller has exceptional technique and very little wasted movement. Technique, movement, and IQ all matter before flashy tricks or raw speed.
This goes for a lot of players not just muller. Honestly you're just down downplaying his skill by saying he has no skill at all. This isn't the right title to give him.
Yeah because he scored ridiculous amount in youth teams, he has to have skill.
Muller is definitely a talented player , he might not be flashy but his passing , vision and positioning are all so good
His intelligence shouldn't be a surprise. Man looked 40 when he was 25.
I love Müller. One of my all tiem favourite players. Klose being my most favourite
I mean, speaking as an Englishman he's not exactly slow either. True, he was never a kyle walker/mbappe in terms of pace but i never saw him as slow. I always thought of Muller as a well rounded team player with a bit of everything
Muller and Kane will feed families with pure ball knowledge.
You made a mistake: Maradona didn’t sit next to muller bc of disrespect. Maradona thought it was a coaches interview. Once he realized muller was a player he realized he should have been there and when back
You should have included that Müller won another treble in 2020. That run of Bayern was ridiculous ❤️🤍
Most underrated player and pure worldclass! Fußballgott..
His brain "pace" is second to none. His "skills" are reading of the play, recognizing patterns few seconds ahead of everyone. He HAS pace and skills!
I think you got this wrong at 5:55. Maradona disrespected Müller at a friendly earlier that year. At the world cup, everyone knew who Müller was and why HE was doing interviews.
He has a position, he’s a second striker
He plays like a Berkhamp/Lampard hybrid almost. If you think he's in the midfield he's already at the back post looking for a finish but if you think he's in the box to score he'll pass to the striker.
One and last legendary for all time no one but Thomas Muller the mastermind 💪. The one with biggest IQ in history of football Thomas 🤞
Let him play
The man has skills ffs. He’s a great footballer.
Muller is the only player in the world who has humiliated great national teams and great European teams, it is insane
Muller is an inspirational footballer. He’s a proof that you don’t necessarily need to be athletic or have exceptional dribbling or technique to become a world class player. You only need to know how to use your brain
I can't recall him ever getting tired or injured, so I'd say he is insanely athletic.
maybe he is just not taking risky plays@@MrCmon113
I know a guy just like that
He does not only have great positioning and game vision, he also motivates the team whenever they are having a bad performance. He was even the top scorer from the futsal tournament I was in
he's like isagi in a way
Like Inzaghi?
Or like kuroko from Kuroko no Basuke
Anime dogs barking
yes.
his actaul passing dribbling and finishing is alot better then people think as well
Bigger legacy than Neymar and much much much humble and down to earth than mbappe
3:15
The upper half of that picture almost made me cry
its just so perfect
Hes just one of the best players of this generation and for me at the same level like Neymar(because of consistency) and only under players like Ronaldo, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta and only a few players. (One more thing Muller>>>KDB)
Good video! Müller is a phenomenon.
Just want to correct one thing though: The incident with Maradona was in a friendly in March 2010, not at the World Cup. But that doesn't make it less embarrasing for Maradona, since Müller had 15 scorepoints (goals and assists) in 24 Bundesliga matches at that point and started almost every game with bayern.
Did my dude just say ''Hamburger SV'' 🤣🤣
🤣🤣🍔 He did
Thomas Müller and David Silva are the most underrated players of this past generation.