"When I look back on my 40 years at Bayern, I am happy and very satisfied. The successes we have had here *** together and especially the people I have met at the club have left a permanent mark on my life." Müller-Wohlfahrt wrote in a press release on his departure.
Müller-Wohlfahrt, a specialist in orthopedics and sports medicine, began his career as Hertha Berlin's team doctor before moving from Hertha to Bayern Munich in 1977, where he has worked ever since. However, his career at Bayern has not always been smooth, for example, in November 2008 he resigned due to a disagreement with Klinsmann. Klinsmann essentially took Volfart out of the picture, leaving De Geerveldt to deal with injuries and only bringing Müller-Volfart to Champions League matches, which the latter was not happy about and left the club.
Müller-Wohlfahrt does not have to rely on Bayern at all. In May 2008, he opened a 1,600-square-meter orthopedic clinic in the center of Munich, which is quite an investment considering the amount of land available in Munich, and it is worth noting that Hoffenheim owner Hopp is an investor in the clinic. After Klinsmann was sacked in April 2009, Müller-Wohlfahrt quickly returned to become Bayern's team doctor.
Müller-Wohlfahrt's second departure from Bayern came during Pep Guardiola's reign, when Müller-Wohlfahrt chose to leave the team again in April 2015 after Bayern's 1-3 loss to Porto, when tensions between him and Guardiola had intensified to the point of irreconcilability. Muller-Wolfart once said, "When I have the chance, I will tell everyone the reason for my resignation, but now it is too early." But later FC Bayern president Hernandez said he believed he would have reconciled the conflict between Guardiola and Müller-Wohlfahrt if he had been there.
The departure was also the longest time Wohlfahrt had been away from Bayern, as Guardiola's departure was followed by his successor, Carlo Ancelotti, who brought his own medical team with him.Müller-Wohlfahrt returned to Bayern in November 2017, a month after Ancelotti's departure. It was only a year later, in an interview on a talk show, that Müller-Wohlfahrt stated for the first time the truth about the conflict between him and Guardiola: "Guardiola was reluctant to accept a lot of things, and wasn't willing to accept my ideas, he always thought that the Spanish side would have done a better job - for example, Thiago's treatment. Guardiola told Thiago to get treatment and as a result Thiago was re-injured shortly afterwards." In addition, it is widely believed in the media that Guardiola believes that the team doctor needs to take responsibility for the team's losses since the Champions League, something that Müller-Wohlfahrt is unwilling to accept.
Müller-Wohlfahrt maintains a very good relationship with almost all of his players, such as Robben. The Dutchman is notoriously injury-prone, and even Robben himself says: "A big part of the reason I've been able to play for Bayern for such a long time is because of Müller-Wohlfahrt. Because a lot of people think that according to the way I play, I might not play until I'm 30 years old and have to retire, and it's Muller-Wolfart who has continued my career."
It is worth mentioning that Muller-Wohlfarth healed not only German players and Bayern players, including Maradona, Ronaldo, Woodgate, Owen and Gerrard, including a number of stars have received his treatment, and he treated not only soccer stars, former tennis star Becker, sprinting star Powell have maintained excellent relations with him. Muller-Wolfart's most famous patient is Bolt - before the 2012 London Olympics, Muller-Wolfart helped Bolt cure his muscle injuries, which enabled the latter to successfully participate in the Olympics and win the gold medal, Bolt publicly expressed his gratitude to Wolfart after he won the championship, and considered Muller-Wolfart to be simply his own Bolt publicly thanked Wolfart for his victory and considered Muller-Wolfart to be his "second father", and Muller-Wolfart was also known as the "miracle doctor".
In addition to serving Bayern for 40 years, Dr. Müller-Wohlfahrt also served the national team for 23 years, he played for the German team from 1995, accompanied the German team to win the 1996 European Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, and was a key contributor to Germany's success in winning these two titles. serve as the national team's team doctor.
Leaving Bayern, Müller-Wohlfahrt will focus on his private practice. Bayern has yet to find a successor to Muller-Wohlfarth, and two doctors from Muller-Wohlfarth's medical team will temporarily serve as Bayern's team doctors, leaving no "miracle doctor" behind, and bringing an era to an end.
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