Manchester United handed boost from Bayern Munich’s CEO over Thomas Muller transfer

Louis van Gaal and Thomas Muller are said to have a close relationship

Manchester United have been handed a transfer boost in their pursuit of Thomas Muller after Bayern Munich’s CEO admitted it is becoming difficult to hold on to their star players.

The Red Devils have been long-term admirers of Muller, 25, and apparently launched a £60million offer in an attempt to secure his signature this summer.

Bayern Munich confirmed they rejected a lucrative bid for the World Cup winner, but the club fear the financial power of the Premier League will make it impossible to reject the advances of English clubs in the future.

"Their income from the TV pot is much, much bigger than our income in Germany or Italy or in Spain, so we have to find different philosophies which will not be very easy," the German club’s chief, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

"The tsunami wave will probably get bigger next year because the TV pot will be bigger than this year.

"So the transfer market will be totally dominated by the English clubs, that is a fact."