SOCCER-ENGLAND/UNITED-SCHWEINSTEIGER Gemany's Schweinsteiger to join United, Bayern CEO says

Record ID: 147647

  • Title: SOCCER-ENGLAND/UNITED-SCHWEINSTEIGER Gemany's Schweinsteiger to join United, Bayern CEO says
  • Date: 11th July 2015
  • Summary: MUNICH, GERMANY (FILE - AUGUST 31, 2014) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** WIDE OF BAYERN MUNICH PLAYERS AT PHOTO SHOOTING, WEARING TRADITIONAL BAVARIAN COSTUMES, CALLED 'LEDERHOSEN', HOLDING UP GLASSES OF BAVARIAN BEER SCHWEINSTEIGER TALKING TO TEAM MATE ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI MUNICH, GERMANY (AUGUST 9, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SCHWEINSTEIGER STUTTGART, GER
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  • Story Text: Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed to join English Premier League side Manchester United from German champions Bayern Munich, Bayern chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Saturday (July 11).
    "Bastian wants to do something new at the end of his career," Rummenigge told a news conference.
    "The colleague from Manchester United got in touch with me. We have agreed on a transfer," he added.
    Schweinsteiger, 30, came through the youth ranks at Bayern and has spent 13 seasons with the Bavarians, winning the Bundesliga title eight times, and helped Germany win the World Cup in Brazil last year.
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