Monday, May 19, 2008

Klasnic decides to leave Bremen

According to this article, Croatia's Ivan Klasnic, who was recently in the news when he decided to sue his club's doctors after they failed to spot his failing kidney earlier which eventually led to surgery (see this post), has decided to leave Bremen, the club that he played for in Germany's Bundesliga since 2001. He did, however, have talks to extend his contract.

According to Bremen's director of sports Klaus Allofs, " We improved our offer once again, but Ivan unfortunately decided not to accept it." Allofs stated that he was expecting a "different outcome" being that he is a superb forward who has proved his class at the highest level, despite his kidney transplant."

The 28 year old striker does not yet have plans to join another club, but has been reported that Turkish side Besiktas is interested in signing him.

Slaven Bilic selected Klasnic to be part of Croatia Euro 2008 squad.

While playing for Bremen, Klasnic scored 49 goals in 150 Bundesliga matches.

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