Wayne Rooney won't be joining Bayern Munich

 
15 May 2013

Bayern Munich sporting director Matthias Sammer insists his club have no interest in signing Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.

Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed over the weekend that Rooney had made a transfer request, heightening speculation over the England international's future.

Of potential foreign destinations, German champions Bayern have been the club most heavily linked with Rooney's services, but Sammer has moved to play down such talk.

"I don't know what Rooney would bring to the Bundesliga," Sammer told the Daily Telegraph. "I can't answer that.

"I can answer that we have great respect for Wayne Rooney, but there has been no contact with him.

"He's not on the agenda. No, no. Absolutely not."

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