Bayern sign Germany midfielder Goretzka
Munich Jan 19 (IANS) 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."
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