German Klose bids adieu to Bayern
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Striker Miroslav Klose will leave Bayern Munich after the two sides failed to agree on the duration of a contract extension, the club and player said yesterday.
"Negotiations led to no agreement and Klose's contract running out on June 30, 2011, will not be extended," Bayern said in a brief statement.
The 32-year-old Germany international, who has scored 24 goals in 98 league games for Bayern since joining in 2007 from Werder Bremen, had wanted a two-year closed deal, while the club offered him a one-plus-one year contract.
"I had four very good and successful years in Munich and I want to thank Bayern. Playing for this club was something special," said the Polish-born forward, who has been linked with a possible move to Spain.
During an injury-plagued season, Klose, who won the domestic 2008 and 2010 double with Bayern, lost his starting spot to eventual league top scorer Mario Gomez, with 28 goals, and managed only one league goal.
He has been in fine form for the national team, scoring 61 goals in 109 appearances, and most recently played in its friendly win against Uruguay on May 29 where he picked up a rib injury that forced him to miss Germany's Euro 2012 qualifiers this month.
"We would have liked to extend but given the differences in the duration we could not agree," said Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
Meanwhile, sacked Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said yesterday he was in no hurry to return to coaching and would take a year off.
"Apart from a break of six months, I have been coaching continuously since 1995," the Italian told La Stampa newspaper.
"I will stop for a year and take a look around, take a break, study how my peers work.
"I'm not in a hurry, nor do I have the need," added the former Italy international, who will be 52 on Friday.
Ancelotti led Chelsea to the English Premier League and FA Cup double last year, in his first season at the club, but was sacked last month after the London club failed to win a trophy this season.
He said recent events had not put him off England and he would stay in London "and sort out my life".
He denied he had received any approach from his former club AS Roma, or from Arsenal and added: "I have not been contacted by any English club."
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