On 6 March 2019, FC Bayern Munich published a statement on national coach Joachim Löw’s decision to stop selecting Thomas Müller, Mats Hummels and Jérôme Boateng. It said that the selection of the squad liegt ausschließlich in der Verantwortung von Joachim Löw, lies solely in the responsibility of Joachim Löw.
But the club called the timing and the circumstances in which the decision was announced to the players and to the public fragwürdig, questionable.