Bayern capture Toni, now after Ujfalusi
Afp, Berlin
Czech defender Tomas Ujfalusi is the latest target hunted by German giants Bayern Munich as they step up their recruitment drive for next season, a source close to the club revealed on Wednesday. Bayern also confirmed Italian World Cup winner Luca Toni will play for them next season on a four-year deal worth 11 million euros (14 million US dollars) and it has emerged the Germans are hunting Toni's Fiorentina teammate Ujfalusi. With 50 caps for the Czech Republic, the 29-year is a vastly experienced centre-back or right-back and is no stranger to the Bundesliga having made more than 105 appearances for Hamburg in a four-year spell which ended in 2004. But while the hunt for Ujfalusi is on, Bayern confirmed they have landed Italian star Toni. "We have agreed terms with Luca. He will sign a contract up to the 30th June, 2011 with us. He will have a medical on June 8 and we will formally introduce him then," Bayern's executive board chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told German agency DPA. Rummenigge also claimed that Werder Bremen's German striker Miroslav Klose, the top-scorer at last year's World Cup, will join the club despite Bremen rejecting a multi-million bid. "I am certain Miroslav Klose will come to Bayern by July 1 2008 at the latest on a free transfer, but we have accepted Bremen's decision not to let him go earlier," said Rummenigge.
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