{"id":1112948,"date":"2019-10-29T12:38:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1112948"},"modified":"2019-10-29T12:38:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T12:38:55","slug":"bayern-munich-public-comment-thomas-muller-man-utd-transfer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/bayern-munich-public-comment-thomas-muller-man-utd-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich issue public comment on the Thomas Muller to Man Utd transfer story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bayern Munich sporting director\u00a0Hasan Salihamidzic has ruled out the idea of Thomas Muller leaving the Bundesliga champions for Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, German outlet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportbild.bild.de\/bundesliga\/vereine\/bayern-muenchen\/fc-bayern-thomas-mueller-inter-mailand-wechsel-geruechte-65559272.sport.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bild<\/a>\u00a0claimed United are considering a move for Muller in the January transfer window as the forward continues to struggle for game time at Bayern.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Could Man Utd sign Muller? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Manchester United have been linked with Muller by the German media.<\/li>\n<li>Muller has insisted he is only concentrating on his football amid the speculation.<\/li>\n<li>The German has started in just four of Bayern&#8217;s nine Bundesliga games this season.<\/li>\n<li>But sporting director\u00a0Hasan Salihamidzic has dismissed talk of an exit.<\/li>\n<li>Muller is just two games away from making his 500th Bayern appearance in all competitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7405357\/embed\/v4\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The report suggests former Bayern manager Louis van Gaal attempted to sign Muller for United during his time at Old Trafford, only for the German to remain at the Allianz Arena.<\/p>\n<p>And now it is believed the Red Devils could revive their interest in Muller with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer desperate to add reinforcements in attack.<\/p>\n<p>However, Salihamidzic insists there is no truth in the reports Bayern would be willing to sell Muller \u2013 to United or any other club.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1111755\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/ballon-dor-without-messi-ronaldo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1111755\" class=\"wp-image-1111755 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Ballon d'Or winners\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2019\/06\/21125851\/ballon-dor-winners-without-messi-and-ronaldo.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1111755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">READ MORE:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/ballon-dor-without-messi-ronaldo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballon d\u2019Or winners in a world without Messi &amp; Ronaldo<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s a story you want to write [Muller being sold],&#8221; Salihamidzic said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have two players out for months and you are trying to tell us to sell a player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s no reason for doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Know Your Squad: \u2018Xhaka?!\u2019 Arsenal fans quizzed w\/Sophie Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bsij4XsIbDk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite his lack of game time, Muller did manage to play the entire 90 minutes as Bayern beat Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to talk of a move to United, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/thomas-muller-man-utd-solskjaer-bayern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muller said<\/a>: \u201cI try to focus on playing football. Slowly all the discussions can end a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bayern Munich sporting director\u00a0Hasan Salihamidzic has ruled out the idea of Thomas Muller leaving the Bundesliga champions for Manchester United. Last week, German outlet\u00a0Bild\u00a0claimed United are considering a move for Muller in the January transfer window as the forward continues to struggle for game time at Bayern. Could Man Utd sign Muller? 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