Germany have won four World Cups, three European Championships and reached many other finals.
Yet the 2014 World Cup winning crop could be the greatest collective the country has ever produced.
Unlike previous World Cup-winning German sides, this is the first for a unified Germany and according to former West Germany midfielder, this is the most talented group ever assembled by a German national side.
The Euro 80 winner an d1982 World Cup finalist joined us on the line tonight to share his thoughts about his country's latest achievement on the World Cup stage.
"What we ex-national team players said before the World Cup is that this team, in terms of technical possibilities and being creative, is the best we ever had. This was the opinion before the tournament and the point is they confirmed that they are the best," said Muller, highlighting the landmark 7 - 1 win over Brazil in the semi-final.
"We have so many talented players. We never had this before."
Muller also spoke about the wonderful team spirit among the squad that traveled to Brazil, picking out Lukas Podolski's elation despite limited game-time as an example.
He also praised the hard work of the German FA of putting the building blocks in place for the recent success of Die Mannschaft.
"1998 was a very important moment in German football. They began to work on the young players like 16, 17, 18 and they changed the structure. Now after 10 or 15 years we have these great players like Ozil, Gotze, Schurrle, Muller, Kroos, Schweinsteiger and all these talented players and they still can play the next Euros or also the next World Cups. They are getting the fruits of the work that began 10 - 15 years ago," said Muller.
He also believes Germany have benefited from the recent successes of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at club level, with the added advantage that many of the Germany players play together every week.
Muller also suggested that World Cup final hero Gotze is the most talented German player.
He also gave us an insight into the "great person" Joachim Low, who Muller played with at Stuttgart but also believes Jogi's predecessor Jurgen Klinsmann deserves praise for helping Low and Germany to develop.
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