FOOTBALL: Bayern Munich boss Kahn admits he considered rescuing Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United

Bay­ern Munich have “a bit of talk” about sign­ing Cris­tiano Ronal­do this sum­mer, says club boss Oliv­er Kahn.

The Por­tuguese strik­er has revealed his desire to leave Old Traf­ford, skip­ping the Red Dev­ils’ pre-sea­son tour for ‘per­son­al reasons’.

The 37-year-old Ronal­do remained at Unit­ed after a poten­tial move to the Bun­desli­ga fell through.

“We talked briefly about Ronal­do at Bay­ern and prob­a­bly Dort­mund too,” said Bay­ern man­ag­ing direc­tor Kahn in an inter­view with Bild.

Also see “Bun­desli­ga scenery”.

“Of course, a super­star like Ronal­do is an impor­tant fac­tor in get­ting the league’s attention.

“The biggest pres­ence in the last 10 years”. But we fired him right away. ”

Ronal­do has made just one start in the Pre­mier League this sea­son, in the 4–0 crush­ing defeat at Brent­ford in August.

He hopes to be select­ed for tonight’s Europa League match against Cypri­ot side Omonia.

Eric Ten­hag insist­ed he kept the five-time Bal­lon d’Or win­ner on the bench in the 6–3 loss to Man­ches­ter City out of “respect for his incred­i­ble career”.

Ahead of tonight’s game, Ten­hag admit­ted he was “upset” that Ronal­do did­n’t play last weekend.

“Don’t get me wrong, he’s not hap­py not to play on Sun­day,” the 52-year-old said.

“Of course he wants to play and he gets mad when he does­n’t play. Of course.

“If he’s here and he’s hap­py and com­fort­able on the bench, this is not the club where he should be, espe­cial­ly Cristiano.

“He’s very com­pet­i­tive. He does­n’t want to play.”

Bay­ern, who lost Robert Lewandows­ki to Barcelona, ​​may have been look­ing for the striker.

But they want to sign Tot­ten­ham star Har­ry Kane after open­ly flirt­ing with the Eng­land captain.

Bay­ern are said to be in tem­po­rary con­tact with the 29-year-old’s agent as Kane’s con­tract with Spurs expires in 2024.