Whats wirtz is they are trying to make it harder for when they unveil you with him when he signs to sing your official song for him…
Must be tough being a songwriter these days
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I’m pretty sure there are others though…
@all
Trying to recollect German greats who’ve never played for Munich
My knowledge is only from the 90s onwards so Bierhoff , Voller and Matthias Sammer are guys I recollect. Perhaps Mesut Ozil at a stretch
Anyone else
I’m not wanting to start the question of who is a great player and who isn’t. But notable German national team players who’ve not played for Bayern Munich.
Well, it is an annual event to be fair.
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Özil played for Madrid before he went to Arsenal.
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Oops Munich.
And corrected.
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And if you can include Ozil , you can include Werner and Havertz too… Slippery slope but still.
Günter Netzer has never played for Bayern, always Gladbach i think, but he went to Madrid later.
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Jens Lehmann should surely be a prominent example for Premier League fans.
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Lehmann. Yeah. Class keeper.
For the old people: Rudi Völler.
I tried Google and the AI response was really helpful …
Several highly acclaimed German players have never donned the iconic red jersey of Bayern Munich. Among them, Lothar Matthäus, a legendary midfielder, and Miroslav Klose, a prolific goalscorer, stand out as notable exceptions. Other renowned German footballers who have not played for Bayern include Mehmet Scholl, a winger known for his speed and playmaking, and Stefan Effenberg, a midfield maestro with a strong personality.
Thanks Google! AI - re-writing history to provide helpful answers. 
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The truth Wirtz.
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And that is why no one should be trusting “AI” for anything.
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I’m not that old. Rudi had a good partnership with Klinsmann.
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- Bastian Schweinsteiger:
A renowned midfielder, Schweinsteiger had a successful career playing for Manchester United and FC Bayern Munich, but never played for Bayern Munich, choosing to play for clubs like 1860 Munich, Werder Bremen, and Bayern Munich.
How can you doubt evidence like this???
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It’s like a @Magnus post with all due respect to my friend, Magnus
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I asked my AI
German football legends who never played for Bayern Munich to supplement the list:
Helmut Rahn: The hero of the 1954 “Miracle of Bern,” who scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, played primarily for Rot-Weiss Essen.
Horst Szymaniak: An outstanding midfielder of the 1950s and 1960s who played for Wuppertaler SV, Karlsruher SC, and Catania Calcio.
Manfred Kaltz: A Hamburger SV legend, known as the “Penalty King” and for his accurate crosses, spent his entire Bundesliga career at HSV.
Toni Schumacher: The legendary goalkeeper, known for his time at 1. FC Köln and his role in the national team, never played for Bayern.
Berti Vogts: The “Terrier” and 1974 World Cup winner was an icon of Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Rudi Völler: The 1990 World Cup winner played in Germany for TSV 1860 Munich, Werder Bremen, and Bayer Leverkusen before moving to Italy to join AS Roma.
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