Manchester United target Thomas Muller is 'not for sale', warns Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Muller going nowhere: Bayern have no intention of losing the German forward
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James Benge14 August 2015

Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has dismissed English clubs spending binges, warning prospective buyers that Thomas Muller is unavailable to them.

Ever-growing television revenue has allowed mid-table English clubs such as Stoke City and Crystal Palace to acquire players from European giants Internazionale and Paris Saint-Germain. However Rummenigge has laughed off the possibility of a similarly big money move for Muller, who would be expected to fetch around £40 million.

"Muller is not for sale," Bayern’s CEO told reporters. "Our English colleagues seem to be unable to spend all of their money."

United are not the only club to find shopping in the Bundesliga to be a laborious process. Their cross-town rivals Manchester City are still hoping to convince Wolfsburg to part company with attacking midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who is expected to cost over £45 million.

As is so often the case, Bayern have also been linked with one of the stars of German football, but Rummenigge does not intend to move for the Belgian playmaker.

He added: "We won't cause Wolfsburg any headaches. Klaus Allofs [Wolfsburg sporting director] said that it is 99.9 per cent sure that nothing is going to happen - and Bayern won't get in at 100 per cent.

"There might be English clubs who try their luck but it is nice to see that money isn't everything - by which I mean Ramos[set to reject Manchester United for a new Real Madrid deal], Muller, De Bruyne..."

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