Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho planning raid for Bayern Munich superstar Thomas Muller next summer
The World Cup winning star has fallen out with boss Carlo Ancelotti and is frustrated at being left on the bench
MANCHESTER UNITED are planning another raid for German superstar Thomas Muller from Bayern Munich next summer.
He has dropped behind loan signing James Rodriguez in the pecking order, and is struggling for game-time.
Muller, 28, admitted this week he had been tempted by United two years ago, but chose to stay in Germany.
But even though Bayern are looking to replace Ancelotti with Hoffenheim boss Julian Nagelsmann at the end of the season, Muller is understood to be ready for a move to the Premier League.
The Red Devils would be his preferred choice.
Sources close to Bayern say Muller accepts he may now need a new challenge.
The club’s hierarchy do not want him to leave, but would not stand in his way after next summer’s World Cup.
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He told Kicker magazine recently he had been tempted by Manchester United in 2015, when Louis van Gaal was manager.
Muller said: “There was a stage when the subject arose two years ago when I considered it but then the club immediately backed me and I was told I belong here.
“I didn’t have to think about it a great deal after Bayern said ‘We are counting on you, you are an important man for us’.”