Jamal Musiala flatly rejects Oliver Kahn’s injury rehab advice: “I want to go to the World Cup!”

After helping Bayern Munich achieve a historic Bundesliga feat on Saturday evening, Jamal Musiala directly responded to former Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn’s advice about skipping the World Cup. Speaking to Sky Germany earlier this week, Kahn suggested that Musiala should take more time after only recently returning from a horror injury incurred during last summer’s Club World Cup.

Musiala – having only recently come back – was absent from Julian Nagelsmann’s March international break squad selection. Pressure mounts on the now 23-year-old after his 18-year-old teammate Lennart Karl performed exceptionally well in Musiala’s absence. Kahn’s statements, innocuous as they may have been, did lead to Germany’s legendary goalkeeper drawing plenty of criticism in the German press.

“I think he should forgo going to the World Cup,” Kahn told Sky. “If I feel that something isn’t right in my game, then I have to work on myself to be ready again. Jamal, like everyone else, has to be at 100 percent if he wants to play.”