BAYERN MUNICH CAPTAINÂ Philipp Lahm will retire at the end of the season and leave the Bundesliga leaders having rejected a role as sports director.
Under contract until 2018, Lahm announced his plan to quit ahead of schedule, having celebrated his 500th club appearance against Schalke on Saturday.
The 33-year-old full-back, who won the 2014 World Cup with Germany, is seeking a record-equalling eighth Bundesliga title this season.
He has apparently also rejected the vacant sports director role because it would not have included a place on Bayern’s board following recent restructuring at the club.
Lahm retired from international football after captaining Germany to the 2014 World Cup title in Brazil after making 113 appearances for die Mannschaft.
He joined Bayern as an 11-year-old in 1995 and skippered the Bavarian giants to their 2013 Champions League win at Wembley.
That season, they became the first German club to complete the treble of Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup.
He has won the Bundesliga seven times and the German Cup on a further six occasions.
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