{"id":30647,"date":"2014-07-09T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T11:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=30647"},"modified":"2014-07-09T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T11:42:53","slug":"atletico-set-to-sign-mandzukic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/atletico-set-to-sign-mandzukic\/","title":{"rendered":"Atletico set to sign Mandzukic"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bayern Munich have confirmed that a verbal agreement has been reached between the club, Mario Mandzukic and Atletico Madrid regarding the transfer of the player to the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n
The German champions confirmed the agreement at a press conference to outdoor their new signings, Robert Lewandowski and Sebastian Rode.<\/p>\n
The club’s sporting director, Matthias Sammer told reporters:\u00a0 “There is a verbal agreement between FC Bayern, Atl\u00e9tico Madrid and Mario Mandzukic.<\/p>\n
“Although nothing has been signed yet, I believe that we all will stay true to our words.<\/p>\n
Mandzukic had been linked with a move to England, with Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United touted as possible destinations.<\/p>\n
The move to the Spanish champions materialised as a result of the sale of the club’s top scorer last season, Diego Costa, to Chelsea.<\/p>\n
“We want to thank Mario Mandzukic for his performances at\u00a0FC Bayern and wish him all the best for the future,” Sammer added.<\/p>\n
The striker, who joined Bayern from Wolfsburg in 2012, scored 33 goals in 54 appearances in the league for the club, winning the treble with Bayern in 2013.<\/p>\n
Despite this healthy scoring record, Mandzukic was deemed surplus to requirements at Bayern by Pep Guardiola, particularly after the signing of Robert Lewandowski from Dortmund.<\/p>\n
By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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Bayern Munich have confirmed that a verbal agreement has been reached between the club, Mario Mandzukic and Atletico Madrid regarding the transfer of the player to the Spanish capital. The German champions confirmed the agreement at a press conference to outdoor their new signings, Robert Lewandowski and Sebastian Rode. The club’s sporting director, Matthias Sammer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":30657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3,560,1617,1618],"yoast_head":"\n