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Bayern sign Germany midfielder Goretzka

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Last Updated : Jan 19 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

Record German football champions FC Bayern Munich on Friday announced the signing of young midfielder Leon Goretzka from FC Schalke 04 on a four-year deal to be effective from the summer.

"The 22-year-old Germany international, whose contract with Schalke expires on June 30, 2018, has signed a four-year contract from July 1, 2018 to 30 June 2022," Bayern announced in a statement.

Goretzka completed the obligatory medical in Munich on Thursday before putting his name to the contract with FC Bayern.

Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "We're very pleased Leon Goretzka, a Germany international with great potential, has decided in favour of FC Bayern despite big-name international competitors.

"This way Leon Goretzka remains in the Bundesliga."

--IANS

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First Published: Jan 19 2018 | 5:18 PM IST

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