Thomas Muller has ruled out the prospect of joining Manchester United this summer but admits a move to Old Trafford has appealed to him ‘many times’.
The 35-year-old will call time on his career at Bayern Munich after their Club World Cup campaign this summer and will be available on a free transfer.
Muller, who has won 33 trophies with Bayern, is expected to make the move to Major League Soccer.
The German forward was wanted by Louis van Gaal during his reign as United manager in 2015 and admits he was tempted by a switch to the Premier League.
‘Yeah, I thought about it,’ Muller told CBS Sports.
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‘There were some moments I thought it would be nice to experience it.’
But when asked if a move to United ‘looked appealing’, Muller replied: ‘Many times… or do you mean now?
‘Now? No, no. I’m not the right guy for them and they are not the right club for me. They won’t have fun and I won’t have fun so that’s not a match.’
Muller also backed Florian Wirtz to become a success at Liverpool following his £116 million move from Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern Munich had also held talks to sign Wirtz before the Germany international opted to join Liverpool instead.
‘I think Florian will fit everywhere because he’s not only a good football player, a very good football player, in my opinion also his mental skills are strong,’ Muller said.
‘Yeah, the price tag, in the end we are used to it a little bit to deal with it.
‘The expectations are so high but €150 million, that’s unreal anyway, so it’s just a number between clubs.
‘What human person can feel what €150m is about. With €150m you don’t get a Neymar but you can plant how many trees? How do you want to charge what €150m get you? Some things you don’t get with €150m and some things you can get easily.
‘In the end, for me, you shouldn’t judge because of the price tag.
‘Maybe he will need time to adjust because the game is different. But in the end, the German players I met in my career who did the move to the Premier League always adjusted well, they even get better, so maybe it’s a good move, not for us as a club but in the end we have to accept it and beat him next year.’
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