After Bayern Munich head coach Carlo Ancelotti dropped Germany international Thomas Muller to the bench last weekend, the Bavarian football club legend Lothar Matthaus said the forward "needs a coach who wants him".
"I don't know exactly which qualities the coach wants to see, but mine seem not to be 100 percent in demand, " Matthaus told Kicker when asked if Muller had lost importance.
"Thomas Muller is first - choice for the national team but he's having a hard time at Bayern, " Matthaus said.
"He's selected less often in the important games in Munich and I am skeptical that this will improve this year, " he said.
Muller, 27, was named on the bench for the 2 - 0 win against Bremen, eventually making an appearance in place of Franck Ribery after 73 minutes.
"This has nothing to do with Muller.
He needs a coach who wants him in his team, then Muller will not disappoint, " he said.
"Muller isn't a No. 7, a No. 9 nor a No. 10.
He is everything and in between.
But Carlo Ancelotti thinks and selects his team very strictly according to a player's position. "