Manchester United’s long-standing interest in Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller came to a head over the past week with reports in the German media suggesting the Old Trafford club had tabled a bid in the region of between £56-70million.

This bid was quickly rebuffed with Bayern’s chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge stating that a deal to take the Bavarian born forward away his home-town club was impossible: ‘There are some players who just don’t have any price tag, we would be out of our minds to sell Muller.’

This comes as little surprise with United’s pursuit of Muller always set to be ill-fated with the forward an icon at the Munich club despite being just 25-years-old. Louis van Gaal was the coach who handed Muller his big break in Bavaria when he promoted him to the first-team within his first few months at the club however despite the strength of their relationship the bond between Muller and Bayern is far greater.

Manchester United’s reported offer for Muller would see the club break their transfer record again just one year after doing so for Angel Di Maria, whose own future at the club is still unclear. Van Gaal’s desire to strengthen his forward line following the departures of Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao has seen targets such as Muller and Pedro rise up his list of priorities

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