Germany legend Mueller ‘slowly passing to the afterlife’ — Wife

BERLIN: Former Germany striker Gerd Mueller “is slowly passing to the afterlife in his sleep”, his wife Uschi said before he celebrates his 75th birthday on Tuesday.

‘The Bomber’ Mueller, who won the World Cup in 1974 and countless domestic and European titles with Bayern Munich, suffers from dementia and lives in a specialised care home.

“He spends almost 24 hours a day in bed, he has just the rare moments of being awake,” she told newspaper Bild in an article published on Monday. “It’s beautiful when he opens his eyes a little bit. Sometimes he manages to say yes or no with his eyes.