Bayern pay tribute to Müller during title party

Bayern Munich fans paid tribute to Thomas Müller earlier his past location crippled for the nine connected Saturday.

The supporters down 1 of the goals displayed a immense reddish and achromatic tifo with pictures of Müller celebrating and lifting trophies, accompanied by his sanction successful elephantine letters, and a banner supra it saying, "For 25 years everything for our colors!"

Club officials besides presented the 35-year-old Müller with a representation of himself with each the trophies helium won with the Bavarian powerhouse.

"Let america play!" helium shouted arsenic helium brought the representation and a bouquet of flowers to the sideline.

Bayern, which clinched the Bundesliga rubric past weekend, was playing Borussia Mönchengladbach earlier the squad was to beryllium presented with the trophy.

Müller started the crippled for his 502nd Bundesliga appearance. He played until the 84th infinitesimal erstwhile helium went disconnected to resounding assemblage applause. He embraced teammates arsenic helium near the field, and blew kisses and waved to the crowd. Bayern substitutes formed a defender of grant for him.

"I loved being a modern gladiator," Müller told the crowd. "But I americium not sad. I look guardant to what is up adjacent though it won't beryllium fractional arsenic good.

"We each knew this infinitesimal would come. For many, including myself, it is simply a pugnacious infinitesimal but a beauteous 1 too. The appreciation you gave maine is unique."

Müller is leaving astatine the extremity of the play aft winning a grounds 13 league titles among others with the club.

Bayern announced successful April that this play would beryllium Müller's past with the club. He was keen to widen his declaration contempt constricted playing clip but Bayern absorption felt it was much prudent to prevention his sizeable wage packet than connection him a caller one.

Müller joined Bayern arsenic a 10-year-old from TSV Pähl, a tiny Bavarian nine based to the southwest of Munich, successful the summertime of 2000.

He made his Bayern debut nether Jürgen Klinsmann successful 2008 and his breakthrough nether Louis van Gaal the pursuing season. He went connected to marque much appearances than immoderate different subordinate astatine Bayern, implicit 700, with much than 200 goals scored and much than 200 assists.

Information from The Associated Press and Reuters was utilized successful this report.