Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller was close to agreeing a move to Manchester United in summer 2015 before his wife called off the move.The German had just won the World Cup a year earlier and was considering moving to Old Trafford where he would have been reunited with former Bayern boss Louis van Gaal from his tenure between 2009 and 2011.United were coming off the back of a disappointing fourth-placed finish in van Gaal’s first season in charge and decided to bid £84million for Muller.The move eventually broke down, with van Gaal now revealing to German outlet BILD that it was down to Muller’s wife Lisa, a champion dressage rider.According to van Gaal’s comments to BILD, Lisa, born in Bavaria like Muller, was apparently not “open” to.
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