Borussia Dortmund striker
Robert Lewandowski has signed
a pre-contract agreement to
join fellow German side Bayern
Munich in June.
The 25-year-old Poland international has
agreed terms on a five-year deal and will
arrive at Bayern on a free transfer when
his contract expires.
Lewandowski has scored 16 goals for club
and country this season.
He grabbed the winner when Dortmund
beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions
League in October.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
was delighted with the deal, saying on
the club's official website: "We are very
pleased that this transfer is successful.
"Robert Lewandowski is one of the
world's best strikers, he will strengthen
the squad of FC Bayern and give us a
boost."
Lewandowski is the second key Dortmund
player within a year to announce a move
to Bayern, after playmaker Mario Gotze
agreed to a 37m Euros (£31.5m)
transfer to the Allianz Arena last April.
The switch had been widely mooted for
months, with the frontman denying in
September he had confirmed he would
definitely join Bayern.
Lewandowski has helped Dortmund to
the 2010-11 and 2011-12 Bundesliga
titles, plus the 2012 DFB-Pokal cup, since
signing from Lech Poznan in 2010.
He played a starring role in their run to
an eventful Champions League final
defeat to Bayern last season,
memorably scoring four goals in the
semi-final first leg against Real Madrid.
Jurgen Klopp's side have struggled this
term, however, and sit 12 points behind
leaders Bayern in fourth.
Despite securing progression to the
knockout stages of the Champions
League, they won only one of their last
six top-flight games before the winter
break.
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