With Thomas Müller: BVB legend Mats Hummels bound for Portugal | OneFootball

Estrela Amadora is not exactly a major force in Portuguese football. Lisbon’s big clubs Benfica and Sporting, as well as FC Porto, are almost light-years away. In the season that has just ended, the club narrowly avoided relegation, finishing fifteenth.

In Germany, however, CF Estrela Amadora has caused quite a stir in recent months. The Portuguese side signed players from Germany’s 3. Liga. They brought in left-back Sidny Lopes Cabral on a free transfer from Viktoria Köln in the summer of 2025. Just six months later, Benfica already put six million euros on the table.

Others with lower-league experience in Germany include midfielder Tom Moustier (24), who moved to the Iberian Peninsula from Rot-Weiss Essen in January 2026 for 575,000 euros. Center-forward Chilohem Onuoha (21) left SC Verl, while right wing-back Max Scholze (21) departed SSV Ulm.

Target: Top 8

Now Mats Hummels is also being drawn to Amadora. But the 37-year-old former world-class defender is not coming alone. By his side are Bayern Munich icon Thomas Müller (36) and top goalkeeper Yann Sommer (37). According to information from BILD, the trio, together with investors, is planning to take over the Portuguese top-flight club.

The big goal is clear: a place among the top eight teams in the domestic league for Estrela Amadora. While Müller, Hummels and Sommer would primarily act as strategic partners, contributing their sporting network, expertise and star power, two or three lead investors would provide the financial backing for the project. They would cover most of the costs for the purchase and modernization of the club.

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Johannes Mösmang (35) has a key role, having brought the various parties to the table in the first place. The current player manager at Bayern Munich, who has been working in the club’s professional football department for around ten years, is expected to move into the management of the Portuguese club for the project. Bayern’s leadership has already been informed and is unlikely to stand in the way of this career step for their employee. The deal is not done yet, but negotiations are ongoing.

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