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title: "Manchester United were close to Muller deal"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-were-close-to-muller-deal/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "TT Staff"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2015-09-05T21:00:08Z"
modified: "2015-09-05T21:00:08Z"
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# Manchester United were close to Muller deal

[![muller](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/muller1-500x385.jpg)](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/muller1.jpg?admin)[Manchester Evening News](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/manchester-united-transfer-news-muller-9989054)have managed to get Manchester United fans looking up open mouthed here in the Football Transfer Tavern as they claim that the club were close to a deal for Thomas Muller this summer.

This is according to Bayern Munich president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who claimed that if Bayern and Muller were only interested in money, the player would have joined Manchester United.

Now as one of our punters notes over a couple of pints, it doesn’t really come as a shock that United made a huge bid for the striker, considering how talented the player is and how desperate Louis van Gaal was for a forward, but we think the player did the right thing to stay where he was and will have far more success with the German club.

**United fans. Would Muller have made a title winning difference to you? Let us know your thoughts below.**