Munich, Germany – Na wa o, e no dey easy to be one level player like Thomas Müller, wey don dey ball for Bayern Munich since 2004! E don do 751 matches for the club, score 248 goals, and even shine for Germany with 45 goals in 131 caps. This guy dey collect awards like say dem dey share free drinks during festival! 13 Bundesliga titles? Check! Two Champions Leagues? Check! World Cup? Double check! But wait, wetin we go call am? Centre-forward? False 9? Or wetin? The things wey this man fit do dey make sense and no sense at the same time.
Thomas Müller don dey burst brain since e enter the game, but e still dey confuse people. (If you dey think of how e fit confuse coaches, just dey imagine Louis van Gaal and Pep Guardiola for same table.) E no fast like Usain Bolt, e no dey jump like Michael Jordan, and e no get that dribbling swag wey dey make people shout ‘ooh!’ But somehow, e fit read the game like wetin dey written for book, the kind of player wey sabi where ball go land calm down.
Una remember when Müller call himself ‘Raumdeuter’? This guy don turn footballer lingo into level wey e be like joke wey go just make sense as you dey laugh. E resemble say na im create that title for himself, but e sure say na im sabi space like nobody! (Talk true, who fit dey call someone wey sabi how to find space “Raumdeuter” without laughing?)
The way Müller talk, e get times wey e go crack joke during press conference wey go make everybody wan bury their face for ground. One time, e call Robert Lewandowski “Lewangoalski” and you go think say na bad joke, until you reason am say, e fit just dey show say the banter for football no clear sometimes. Na serious matter, e no mean am to make dem laugh but to show say some things no dey funny at all!
Müller dey come with his own unique style wey no be accident. From wetin e talk about him own game (‘Raumdeuter’), e bin attach meaning wey fit confuse even the dosh professor for football science, but na serious baller e be. E no dey chase shadows or live for illusion, e just dey focus on how to make things happen on pitch. E sabi space pass many people for him generation.
As Müller dey retire after Club World Cup, e no dey just leave trophies behind, e also leave rich history wey no go fit fade away. Him don help reshape how Germany dey play this game, like how Franz Beckenbauer don show say football na about players dey connect. No be joke, Müller na the king of counter-attacks and e shine well for the 2014 World Cup. E lead squad like ball conductor wey dey make sweet music on pitch.
No be small thing say na him and Toni Kroos dey at the helm of most successful Germany players in trophy department. If Bayern lift the Club World Cup, na him go dey shining star. E don show say football no be just for fitness, na symphony for the eyes! Gbam!
