FC Bayern: Lea Schüller moves to Manchester United

National soccer player Lea Schüller is moving from double winner FC Bayern to Manchester United. The attacker will receive a contract from January until 2029, as the English first division club announced on Monday.

“I still have so much I want to achieve in my career and I know that Manchester United is the perfect club for me. I think the team’s style of play suits me very well,” said the 28-year-old, whose contract with Bayern ran until the summer. According to media reports, Munich will receive a low six-figure transfer fee.

Since moving from SGS Essen in 2020, Schüller has scored 103 goals in 181 games for Bayern. “Lea has helped shape and shape our team’s most successful years to date. With her impressive goal rate and her commitment, she has made a significant contribution to our success over five and a half years,” said Bayern director Bianca Rech.

However, she had recently lost her regular place in both the club and the national team (54 goals in 82 international matches). With FC Bayern she won four championships and this year the DFB Cup. In 2022 she was top scorer in the Bundesliga and Germany’s footballer of the year.

Her farewell was foreshadowed at Munich’s end of the year against Bayer Leverkusen (3-0), when Schüller tearfully hugged her teammates after the final whistle and said goodbye to the fans. “Munich has really become my home for me. The team and the club have always been like a second family to me,” said Schüller about her “wonderful time” in Munich, which is why the step abroad was “particularly difficult” for her.

ManUnited, currently fourth in the English Women’s Super League, is still represented in the Champions League. There could be a quick reunion for Schüller with Bayern in the quarter-finals at the end of March if Manchester prevails in the play-offs against Atlético Madrid in February.