Love your work Tom, but you can't compare Trent with Muller. If you want to do that, you only need to look at the how Gerrard or Firmino were feted when the club opted not to give them a new contract.
That’s a fair point. My general point is the treatment of German players is almost uniformly positive where that isn’t always the case in England. The Trent and Muller examples were just handy recent examples to illustrate that point and I tried to say Muller is an exceptional example in any case. Probably could have included those examples to soften the transition, and to be fair, I don’t necessarily blame the Liverpool fans for their reaction towards Trent either!
I wouldn't have boo-ed Trent (thought singing the Gerrard song was much better) but can understand those who did. Muller certainly made Bayern more likeable. Will be a sad loss. Although, probably, not to the opposition teams when he popped up to score the winner.
PS - I'm also old enough to remember when Bayern fans weren't too warm with Manuel Neuer when he joined.
Love your work Tom, but you can't compare Trent with Muller. If you want to do that, you only need to look at the how Gerrard or Firmino were feted when the club opted not to give them a new contract.
That’s a fair point. My general point is the treatment of German players is almost uniformly positive where that isn’t always the case in England. The Trent and Muller examples were just handy recent examples to illustrate that point and I tried to say Muller is an exceptional example in any case. Probably could have included those examples to soften the transition, and to be fair, I don’t necessarily blame the Liverpool fans for their reaction towards Trent either!
I wouldn't have boo-ed Trent (thought singing the Gerrard song was much better) but can understand those who did. Muller certainly made Bayern more likeable. Will be a sad loss. Although, probably, not to the opposition teams when he popped up to score the winner.
PS - I'm also old enough to remember when Bayern fans weren't too warm with Manuel Neuer when he joined.
On the Scott Parker calendar, you were 11 years old ! The Trimmel Viking funeral line is just brilliant. Eisern !