“So put your beer on ice. February will definitely be an exciting month for football,” Thomas Muller

The Celtic Star

·4 février 2025

“So put your beer on ice. February will definitely be an exciting month for football,” Thomas Muller

Footballing icon Thomas Muller cannot wait for Celtic tie and reckons Bayern Munich underestimating the Scottish Champions would be a grave error for the Bundesliga giants…

Thomas Muller of Bayern Munich celebrates scoring his team’s first goal with teammate Joshua Kimmich during the UEFA Champions League match between FC Bayern München and SK Slovan Bratislava at Football Arena Munich on January 29, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Celtic play Bayern Munich in the Champions League

The two-time Champions League and World Cup winner is relishing the prospect of heading to Glasgow to face Celtic once again as he and his Bayern teammates target a place in the last 16 of Europe’s elite club competition.

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Celtic welcome Vincent Kompany’s side to Celtic Park next week before Brendan Rodgers’ men head out to face the German giants six days later at the Allianz Arena for the second leg as a reward for finishing 21st in the new 36-team format.

Players of FC Bayern München pose for a picture prior to the UEFA Champions League match between FC Bayern München and SK Slovan Bratislava at Football Arena Munich on January 29, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Muller relishing prospect of playing at Paradise

Muller featured and scored in Bayern’s comfortable 3-0 victory over Celtic in the Champions League group stages in Germany eight years ago. However, the 35 year-old midfielder missed out on a dream opportunity to play at Celtic Park in the return group match because of an injury.

Thomas Mueller of Bayern Munich celebrates at full-time following the team’s victory in the Bundesliga match between Sport-Club Freiburg and FC Bayern München at Europa-Park Stadion on January 25, 2025 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Although the current Bundesliga league leaders avoided reigning English Premier League champions Manchester City in the draw last Friday, Muller, writing in his weekly column in the German media (via The Herald), insisted it would be wrong to write off Celtic’s chances of progression.

Celtic Park, 2 February 2022. Celtic 3 theRangers 0. Scottish Premiership. Photo social media.

Muller warns against underestimating Celtic

“The draw has given us Celtic. Anyone who underestimates the Scots has never seen them at Celtic Park,” he stated. “The atmosphere is amazing – it will be a real highlight for me. I am really looking forward to the game. Obviously, we wanted to get straight into the top eight in the Champions League. That was our clear goal. Unfortunately, we missed that.

Thomas Mueller of FC Bayern Muenchen takes photos with Special Olympics Germany team members at a Telekom and Special Olympics event in the Telekom lounge following the FC Bayern vs. Holstein Kiel match at Allianz Arena on February 01, 2025 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for Deutsche Telekom)

“We are now looking forward and Celtic in the play-offs are waiting. We have to deliver. And if we do, after that, either Bayer Leverkusen or Atletico Madrid will be next for us. So put your beer on ice! February will definitely be an exciting month for football.”

Celtic v BSC Young Boys, view of Paradise from the sky. Photo Vagelis Georgariou

Celtic still have two fixtures prior to their mouthwatering clash with Bayern Munich next week – starting tomorrow night against Dundee at Celtic Park in the rescheduled Scottish Premiership clash where the Hoops can extend their lead at the top of the table to 13 points.

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