Why not United? They may not have CL football but they're still big club and they will have Van Gaal who kickstarted Mueller's first team career. So there's that.
Because everyone's going to be after Mueller, and frankly there's better choices around.
And ManUtd is one of the biggest club in the world. One year without CL won't make any different and if we get LVG the we will be favorites IF he decides to move on and Bayern wants to sell.
You're showing a great deal of hubris by saying it's only going to be one year of CL. For all we know, it could be two or even three. United are a team that need a lot of rebuilding, and that doesn't happen overnight. Moreover, the current occupants of the top four are all settled and well-led. It'll take a lot more than just Thomas Mueller to make United dead certs for the CL.
I agree Muller is brilliant, and I've been a fan of him from quite sometime, but we don't need Muller atm. Muller has been used on the right this season, but he is not a natural winger. Even there, he plays more the role of a playmaker/inverted forward. Also, we already have a similar type of player in Januzaj being played out wide. Adding Muller to that equation will make our attack a bit more easier to predict than I'd like. Since we already have Januzaj who can operate in a similar role on the left, get an out and out winger on the right, so as to add that extra ingredient to our attack.
What I'd really, really hate is Januzaj not getting as much chances next season due to owners impatience to win everything. Januzaj is among the more brighter youth we have had, and should be given more chances. If so, probably a no to Muller..
Yes, exactly.
Mueller is a raumdeuter. He needs a system that fits him well and accommodates his style. With Rooney, Januzaj and Van Persie (the latter much less so of late) enjoying being able to drop deep and wide to find space, Mueller's a whole lot less effective. He could do a job, certainly, he's one of the best in the world at doing a job. But when Rooney is occupying the space a 'space interpreter' needs, he's going to be neutered. Mueller was at his best with a proper winger on the opposite flank and a vertical creator in Kroos in the middle. It meant he could go wherever he wanted in the forward line other than Ribery's flank, roaming around inside Ribery and behind Mandzukic.
At United, Rooney doesn't play like Kroos does, so that would just make United narrower. Couple that with Januzaj dropping into Rooney's space from the other flank as it is and Mueller won't be anywhere near as effective. Get someone like Griezmann, put him on the other flank and then we'll talk, but then of course Januzaj won't get as many games...
Basically, Mueller isn't worth the money he'll cost - a lot - unless United invest crazy amounts and utterly change their entire playing style and ethos. If I were United and I had to get some players from the BuLi, I'd get Ricardo Rodriguez, Badelj and maybe a young out and out winger like Patrick Herrmann; young, hungry and not used to European football anyway. Make the club stable and producing, THEN dream of the likes of Mueller.