Will Mats Hummels soon be over?
At a World Cup discussion in Munich, the BVB star's mother spoke of his "last season".
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Ulla Holthoff, mother of world champion Mats Hummels and well-known sports journalist, indicated at a panel discussion in Munich for the 2022 World Cup that it could be the BVB star's last season.
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Mother hints in Munich
"I would actually watch these games if Mats played because it's his last season," said Holthoff at a public themed evening about the World Cup in the cult pub "Stadion an der Schleissheimer Straße".
At the beginning of the event in the Maxvorstadt district, she explained to the assembled guests: "I have decided to boycott all German games for personal reasons."
Background: Hansi Flick had not called the 33-year-old central defender for the squad of the German national team in Qatar (November 20 to December 18) despite top performances in the Bundesliga.
Hummels was then disappointed.
His mother criticized the national coach for his decision and the German Football Association (DFB) at the panel discussion in Munich.
At the World Cup debate in Munich: Mats Hummels' mother indicates the end of the BVB star's career
So her son “won’t be taken along because of an opinion.
Anyone who comments on their team's performance objectively and cleanly in Germany will not be taken along because of their opinion," said the 64-year-old, which caused a murmur in the fan pub.
Holthoff continued to say about the DFB team: "If the first two group games develop like yesterday's friendly (
1-0 against Oman, ed
.), we no longer have to talk about boycotting."
At the end of the event, when asked by tz.de
, Holthoff relativized
her son's professional future and pointed out that Mats Hummels wanted to meet with Borussia Dortmund in the spring to then decide on his further career.
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The contract of the central defender, who was world champion with the DFB team in Brazil in 2014, ends in June 2023. Hummels will be 34 on December 16.
The defender returned to BVB in 2019 after having previously played for Bayern Munich in Munich for three years.
His mother and brother Jonas Hummels (DAZN commentator) live in the Isar metropolis.
Mats Hummels used to be a guest at the “Stadion an der Schleißheimer Strasse” for a football quiz.
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His mother also attempted a dig at the German Bundesliga record champions at the event.
Holthoff: "I didn't like FC Bayern so much that I didn't watch a game when he was playing for Bayern."
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