The midfielder has been linked with a summer move to the Red Devils but the speculation has been rubbished by the German champions <\/p>\n
Bayern Munich have ruled out selling Manchester United-linked Thiago Alcantara during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n
The midfielder, 27, has been linked with a big-money switch to Old Trafford in a bid to boost the Red Devils’ chances of winning the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n
However, Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has rubbished speculation linking Thiago with a move away.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n He told Abendzeitung: \u201cThiago\u00a0is an important player for us and we have never once articulated the thought that he should leave the club.<\/p>\n \u201cThere has never been anything to the story whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n New Bayern boss Niko Kovac has also expressed his hope that Thiago will remain at Bayern, though he said he could not offer a \u201cguarantee\u201d.<\/p>\n Kovac said: \u201cI first want to get to know him. I hope and believe that he will play for Bayern [this season].<\/p>\n \u201cBut I can’t give a guarantee. We have to wait until the end of August.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Goal reported earlier this month that Man City had ruled out making a move for Thiago this summer.<\/p>\n The Spain ace had also been linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium after Pep Guardiola’s side missed out on signing Jorginho, who opted for a move to Chelsea instead.<\/p>\n It would have seen Thiago link up again with Guardiola, with the pair having worked together at Barcelona, but the English champions are not aiming to sign the Bayern man.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The midfielder has been linked with a summer move to the Red Devils but the speculation has been rubbished by the German champions Bayern Munich have ruled out selling Manchester United-linked Thiago Alcantara during the summer transfer window. The midfielder, 27, has been linked with a big-money switch to Old Trafford in a bid to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n