Isn’t this about NT performance? There’s zero argument for Musiala or Wirtz over Muller if so.
If it’s overall, then there’s not much case for either just based on career volume. Muller was mad f***in good in his pomp.
I assumed this was at the peak of their powers and accounted for fit, not just cumulative accomplishments in more of an Allstar team format for selection. If we go just by resumes then sure.
I remember watching an 18yo Müller and thinking I had a new favorite player, only for him to live up to my crazy expectations. And he still shares a special place in my heart despite how bavarian he is and how whiny he is...but I repeat myself. Which is why leaving him off was too hard for me to do.
But Musiala has already shown a level for Bayern that Müller never did...despite his superior offball movement, pressing, and nose for goal...ditto Wirtz with Bayer, only over an even longer time frame; although his wasn't quite as dominant as Musiala's peak.
Neither has Müller's resume...and for the NT Wirtz is especially lacking, as Musiala was our best player in Qatar by a clear margin...but having watched all of Müller's career and the start to Flo & Jamal's, the old fella just wasn't ever as much of a game changer / dominant force on the pitch as those two boys already are.
So if we had a prime Klose up front, already giving us a genius away from the ball who was a goal scoring savant, I can't talk myself into picking Müller's offball movement & pressing over Flo & Jamal's on-ball dominance & gravity...especially with Mesut drifting around to combine with them and Ballack charging into the box from deeper positions.
I know I supposedly overhype every german prospect...even all of the hyped german prospects I don't rate...but these two are really special even if they haven't yet proven it enough for others to take them over Müller; the level they are already at is just insane.
