Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller respects decision of Joshua Kimmich to hold off on vaccination

As one of the team’s most vocal and impactful players, Bayern Munich star Thomas Müller had to know that he was going to field a question about Joshua Kimmich during the postgame media circus.

With Kimmich not being vaccinated, a cloud of controversy has floated over Bayern Munich, but Müller did his best to diffuse the situation.

“As a friend, that’s a perfectly acceptable decision. Everyone should decide for themselves. As a teammate, considering what’s better for everyone, at least the scientific opinion and also my opinion is that vaccination would be better,” Müller told Sky (as captured by Twitter account @iMiaSanMia. “Me, personally, I’m a friend of vaccination. I hope the players who have not yet been vaccinated will change their minds. Ultimately, we all want to get out of this corona phase. As far as I know, vaccination is the best way for that. Nevertheless, we have to try to respect that (Kimmich’s decision). It’s a fine line, an ethical or a moral discussion — the decision is understandable from a human point of view.”

While Kimmich’s name was leaked as one of Bayern Munich’s players not vaccinated, the other four member of the squad remain anonymous.