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The champion of Germany, the Munich club, confirmed that they are interested in 29-year-old Dutch national team striker Ruud van Nistelrooy, who failed to secure a place in the starting lineup of Sir Alex Ferguson's team last season.
"He wanted to come to us back in 2001," said Bayern club president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge to the newspaper "Bild". - "We will not do anything behind Man Utd's back, first we must find out if he is really for sale."
In July 2001, Man Utd paid the Dutch club PSV Eindhoven 19 million pounds for R. van Nistelrooy. The player managed to score 95 goals in 137 appearances wearing the team's shirt and became a favorite of Man Utd fans. However, last season the Dutchman often found himself on the bench and only appeared in the second half, as Ferguson's confidence in him dwindled due to various conflicts.
Van Nistelrooy left the stadium approaching Man Utd's last game of the season against Charlton, as the coach decided to include the young Giuseppe Rossi in the starting lineup and also stated that Roy Keane would not play in his farewell match.
The Dutch striker claimed that Man Utd has not yet mentioned to him whether they would like to sell him. If it were to happen, Bayern promises to compete with AC Milan, who are looking for a replacement for the sold Andrei Shevchenko at Chelsea.
