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Originally Posted by Samuelsson
Yeah, he's probably the best CM in the world at the minute. But he was in the last year of his contract and he wasn't going to re-sign, so they could either risk losing on a pre-contract for nothing in January, or sell him to wherever he wanted to go; he held all the cards, which is a rare thing in football!
I'm sure United had an offer in for him as well but.. well, who on earth would wanna go there?!
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United did have an offer, Moyes went and saw him play last season before he was sacked, United were the front runners until Real came in out of nowhere.
The fact of the matter for Bayern wasnt about getting something for him as opposed to losing him on a free, he wanted tons of cash in wages and it would have skewed Bayern's wage structure and they didnt think it would be worth it.
I think it would have been worth it, and thats probably the more popular opinion.