Thomas Muller would welcome a return to Bayern Munich for Philipp Lahm, as attention turns to the identity of the club's next coach.
Jupp Heynckes came out of retirement in October to take over from the sacked Carlo Ancelotti, but the 72-year-old is not expected to remain in charge beyond the end of the campaign.
Hoffenheim's Julian Nagelsmann and Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp are among the potential candidates to take over at Allianz Arena.
"Philipp is always someone who will be in the debate with FC Bayern, if somewhere a position is [available]," he told Sky.
"He has lived the FC Bayern [way] and is someone who thinks outside the box.
"He has the necessary experience, knows the club inside out and of course already [offers] a lot. Otherwise he would not have been a candidate for the sports director post last summer."
"Personally, the whole thing does not burden me at all," he said.
"In my employment contract, it doesn't say that I'm responsible for the trainer search."
"Whether one converses with hands and feet or in whatever languages, the communication with the team has to work," he said.
"And that is certainly possible in many ways."
