'He just loves the challenge' - Former USMNT player Jermaine Jones praises Bayern Munich legend Thomas Muller's potential for Vancouver Whitecaps and MLS

Former USMNT midfielder Jermaine Jones shared his thoughts on Thomas Muller's reported move to Vancouver Whitecaps, with the German World Cup winner set to finalize a deal to join the MLS side. Jones, who competed against Muller during his professional career in Germany, described the Bayern Munich legend as "a down-to-earth guy." 

“In Germany they say he's a German guy,” Jones said on CBS Sports Golazo America. “He's down to earth,  he's he just loves the game, and he loves his teammates, he loves to challenge himself, he loves to challenge the people around him. He's somebody, you can see it, even with the media, you know? He's not, you know, arrogant or anything in that way. Lke, he just loves the challenge.

“And that's when you're even talk with people in Munich and they said to you, 'You know, he goes in every game, he plays he wants to win, it doesn't matter.' And well if he's not playing then he would do everything that he still wins his team, you know? So I think he can be really a plus to Vancouver, where people can learn from him."

Jones added young Whitecaps players could absorb all the knowledge that Muller has to offer.

“If I'm a young player and somebody comes in like him, I shut my mouth and I just watch him," he said. "Ask questions if I have to, you know, that's the way you have to do it. It doesn't matter if I hear like Messi comes to it into something...  I have two years now with Muller, you have two years to learn and suck everything out what he learned in so many years at Bayern Munich.

“I think he will help Vancouver. I think not only on the field, even on the outside because how he’s a humble guy. He will do stuff in the community and I think he will help MLS, too. I think it's a real plus, this guy."

After 17 seasons with Bayern Munich, in which he scored 250 goals and 231 assists in 503 appearances and 12 Bundesliga titles, Muller left the Bavarian giants and is reportedly set to sign with Vancouver.

Reports have indicated that the 35-year-old forward and Vancouver have reached an agreement on personal terms.