May 2025 was a month of decisions and emotions for FC Bayern. While the record champions secured the league title with a commanding performance, the club also bid farewell to one of its greatest legends.
To kick off the month, Munich travelled to RB Leipzig and had to settle for a dramatic 3-3 draw. Leipzig took an early lead through Benjamin Šeško and Lukas Klostermann before Bayern came back in the second half through Eric Dier, Michael Olise and Leroy Sané. But Yussuf Poulsen scored a late equalizer in stoppage time to postpone Munich’s championship celebrations.
Despite the loss of points, the championship was already perfect on May 4, 2025: As rivals Bayer Leverkusen failed to win a day later in a 2:2 draw in Freiburg, FC Bayern were crowned German champions two match days before the end.
In the following home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, the new champions won 2:0. Harry Kane gave them the lead in the first half before Michael Olise scored the deserved winner shortly before the end – a game that was also Thomas Müller’s last home game. To round off the season, Munich won 4:0 at TSG Hoffenheim, with Michael Olise, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane scoring the goals.
Emotional farewell for Thomas Müller
Away from the sporting side of things, Thomas Müller in particular provided some moving moments. After 25 years at FC Bayern, the original Bavarian said goodbye to the fans in the home game against Gladbach. The Allianz Arena honoured him with a choreography, standing ovations and huge applause when he was substituted. Müller played his 750th competitive game for the club – a farewell that got under the skin of fans and club alike. However, the Club World Cup in the United States was still to follow for him.
May was also a talking point on the transfer market. International Florian Wirtz, long considered the player of choice for the attacking midfield, turned FC Bayern down. Instead of moving to Munich, the 22-year-old opted to sign for Liverpool FC – a bitter blow to the record champions‘ squad planning.
So May ended with the long-awaited championship celebrations on Marienplatz and the last appearance in the domestic league of a player who had shaped the face of FC Bayern for an entire era, but also with a bitter disappointment in terms of squad planning for the coming season.