Gerd Muller, one of the finest strikers in football history, has died on Sunday morning at the age of 75. Bayern Munich and German national team legend scored an incredible 566 goals in 607 competitive appearances for Bayern and still holds the record for the most goals scored in the Bundesliga with 365 and being top scorer seven times. He got 68 goals in 62 caps for the national team.🙏 RIP Der Bomber 😥 pic.twitter.com/OgXR34plwC— Old School Panini (@OldSchoolPanini) August 15, 2021 Der Bomber originally joined Bayern in summer 1964 and won the Intercontinental Cup, three European Cups and a European Cup Winners’Winners’ Cup. He was a Bundesliga champion and DFB Cup winner four times each. He won the 1972 European Championship and the 1974 World Cup with the national team, scoring the winning goal in the final in Munich against the Netherlands. After retiring, he remained with the club for a long time as a youth coach. He’s survived by his wife, Uschi, and a daughter.Bayern’s president Herbert Hainer said: “Today is a sad, dark day for FC Bayern and all its fans. Gerd Müller was the greatest striker ever been and a fine person and character of world football. We’re all united in deep mourning with his wife, Uschi, as well as his family. FC Bayern wouldn’t be the club we all love today. Hisout Gerd Müller. His name and memory will live on forever.”CEO Oliver Kahn added: “The news of Gerd Müller’s death deeply saddens us all. He’s one of the greatest legends in the history of FC Bayern. His achievements are unrivalled to this day and will forever be a part of the great history of FC Bayern and all of German football. As a player and a person, Gerd Muller stands for FC Bayern and its development into one of the biggest clubs in the world like no other. Gerd will forever be in our hearts.”Lewandowski continues where he left off in finding the net, but it wasn’t enough for Bayern in Bundesliga opener
