Manchester United have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of Mats Hummels with the news that the German international has been handed the Borussia Dortmund captaincy.
United have been chasing the German World Cup winner all summer and reports from numerous news outlets on Sunday suggested that they were about to firm up that interest with a £30 million bid for the defender.
However, Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has previously said he would eat a broomstick if Hummels joined United – and the decision to appoint Hummels as captain looks like a fatal blow to United's hopes of signing the player.
Hummels was given the captaincy after Dortmund veteran Sebastian Kehl last week elected to step down as captain for his final season at the club.
Another player rumoured to be edging toward a Dortmund exit was Marco Reus but his appointment as vice-captain looks set to have quashed Liverpool’s hopes of signing the talented forward.
Robert Lewandowski is the only big-name star to have left Dortmund in the summer, after he joined Bayern Munich on a free transfer after his contract expired.
Dortmund replaced Lewandowski with Italy striker Ciro Immobile for a reported fee of €19m (£15 million).
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