Manchester United's pursuit of Mats Hummels is seemingly over before it really began. The star defender has apparently informed United he will be staying with Borussia Dortmund rather than making a move to the Premier League this summer.
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Hummels Staying at Dortmund
Wednesday, May 20
Citing an early version of Thursday's Kicker cover, football writer Raphael Honigstein notes Hummels plans to stay with the German power:
Last RT: Hummels has said no to Man Utd and will stay at BVB next season. (via @BILD_bvb and @kicker_bl_li)
— Raphael Honigstein (@honigstein) May 20, 2015
Kicker has "Hummels is staying" story on tomorrow's cover, btw
— Raphael Honigstein (@honigstein) May 20, 2015
Hummels was expected to be one of the highest-profile names available on the transfer market this summer.