#24 Tim Borowski

[Oliver_Kahn]

Just in.

His contract runs out in the summer, so free transfer
Nationalspieler Borowski verlässt Bremen: Wechsel zu Bayern München - transfermarkt.de

[Oliver_Kahn]

Germany international Tim Borowski will join Bayern Munich when his contract with Werder Bremen expires at the end of the season.


Midfielder Borowski had rejected the offer of a new contract and would instead move to rivals Bayern, where he will be reunited with his former national team coach Juergen Klinsmann.

"It's a shame," coach Thomas Schaaf said. "We would have happily carried on working with Tim."

Borowski, 27, was part of the Germany squad that Klinsmann led to third place at the World Cup on home soil in 2006.

Bundesliga - Borowski to join Bayern - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

[Oliver_Kahn]

Good player, I like him, but not so sure we really needed him. Though good option for CM, if he can stay injury free, he could turn out to be a very good signing

[Vargas_4]

.... WHAT?!?!

Why the hell are we signing him? We don't need him! What we need is DM!

[Eric]

not the way klinnsmann likes to play. Remember what he used to play in the NT in the midfield

schweini-frings-ballack-schneider

so borowski would basically play the ballack positon. somewhere beteen a dm and an om depending on the opponent and the game situation.

I really like it and that's the first Klinsmann transfer. I'm sure he had his hand in this one... Borowski is a good player, german international and he's a FREE transfer. Also a significant weakening of Werder Bremen. So all in all good for Bayern.

[Vargas_4]

With his arrival, Andreas Ottl will surely leave.

[Dragoen]

Uhm have fun with someone who gets injured every second game.

If Klinsmannreally changes the system he might be usefull. But he hasn't played really good since the wc. But maybe he also played bad on purpose like the last player that transeferd from bremen to bayern.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Dragoen

Uhm have fun with someone who gets injured every second game.

If Klinsmannreally changes the system he might be usefull. But he hasn't played really good since the wc. But maybe he also played bad on purpose like the last player that transeferd from bremen to bayern.

haha good one
All who know Klose know that his goals come in waves. He always has his month where you hardly see him and then he makes 2 goals and 2 assists 2 weeks later. But yeah I also was dissapointed in him last season. I would have really liked Bremen to win the uefa cup or at least to play sevilla in the finals

Back to Boro:
Hoeneß just confirmed the deal in our training camp. 3 year contract and there are no plans of signing him in Winter as some have said. He also said the whole deal was tottally independent from the signing of Klinsmann. They informed him about it last week and he was glad that Boro will play for us but he was not involved in the deal whatsoever

[Poldi]

Ok he is nice player, but I think not that class that we need, so he will be only sub.

He really didnt play well after WC, but he can reborn when come here, like Altintop!

After this Ottl will go 100%, but I am sad because of him, he is really talented player.

[Oliver_Kahn]

Originally Posted by Eric

not the way klinnsmann likes to play. Remember what he used to play in the NT in the midfield

schweini-frings-ballack-schneider

so borowski would basically play the ballack positon. somewhere beteen a dm and an om depending on the opponent and the game situation.

I really like it and that's the first Klinsmann transfer. I'm sure he had his hand in this one... Borowski is a good player, german international and he's a FREE transfer. Also a significant weakening of Werder Bremen. So all in all good for Bayern.

Agreed.

He has good technique and passing, can create, tracks back and gives us another great option in set pieces (I think he'll be the tallest player in the squad or at least as tall as Van Buyten).

The only problem is his fitness, I'm not sure whether he can stay injury free long enough to be a good option

[B@v@r3zU]

I think it's a good news...I like him ... he has a very good shot..it's like Van Bommel...and it's for free..so I don't mind

[vullkan]

good news for bayernn I hope he will play good

[Trim]

Woww! Totally unexpected! I just love those surprise signings, lol.

Pluses (+) of this signing:
~ He has a very poweful shot
~ He is tall (1.94)
~ He has long legs
~ He is regarded Ballack's understudy
~ He comes on a free transfer
~ He is a Germany international
~ Bremen are weakened

Minuses (-) of this signing:
~ He gets injured often
(But it could change, as we have a fantastic medical staff.)

So, when you look at all the pluses and only a minus, you should definately agree this is a good signing.

Danke Hoeness!

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After sensationally attracting Jürgen Klinsmann to succeed Ottmar Hitzfeld as head coach at the end of this season, Bayern have now pulled off a coup in the transfer market with the signing of Germany international Tim Borowski from Werder Bremen. The midfielder has agreed a three-year deal with Munich and will join the club on a free transfer from 1 July 2008.

“We’ve reached agreement with Tim Borowski’s management,” FCB general manager Uli Hoeneß confirmed on Monday. Speaking from the club’s Marbella training base, Hoeneß said the parties had struck a verbal deal for the time being. “The contracts will be drawn up and signed over the next few weeks.“ Bayern had been monitoring the 27-year-old midfielder for some time, Hoeneß revealed. “The chance to sign him on a free transfer certainly appealed to us. That’s not something that happens every day with internationals.“

Deal welcomed by dressing room

Borowski will be the seventh current German international in the Munich squad alongside Miroslav Klose, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Philipp Lahm, Lukas Podolski, Marcell Jansen and Jan Schlaudraff. “Signing internationals is always a plus. Tim is a very, very good and likeable player,” Lahm commented.

“Tim Borowski is a good, intelligent player with plenty of attacking strength. He scores goals and he’ll take us forward. It’s a good decision by the club,” defender Daniel van Buyten added.

No Klinsmann effect

Hoeneß rejected media speculation suggesting that future Bayern boss Jürgen Klinsmann had a hand in recruiting one of his 2006 World Cup squad players. “It’s a coincidence. As you can imagine, you don’t start organising this kind of transfer on a Friday and finalise it by Sunday,” the official stated. However, Klinsmann had welcomed the transfer “and thinks it’s a good deal.“

“It has nothing to do with Klinsmann’s arrival. I’d already reached my decision,” Borowski himself declared, speaking from Bremen’s training camp in Belek, Turkey, on Monday. However, the midfielder welcomed the opportunity to work under his former national coach: “Obviously, Klinsmann taking over at Bayern is good news for me.“

Star of the World Cup

Borowski’s international reputation was largely forged during Klinsmann’s two-year spell in charge of his country. Widely regarded as Germany skipper Michael Ballack’s natural understudy, Borowski deputised for the former Bayern man in Germany’s 4-2 win over Costa Rica in the World Cup opening match, converted a penalty in the shoot-out against Argentina at the quarter-final stage, and started the semi-final which Germany ultimately lost to Italy in extra time.

Borowski was accepted into the Werder Bremen youth academy from 1. FC Neubrandenburg in 1996, signing professional forms at the Bundesliga club in 2001. He has scored 21 goals in 157 Bundesliga appearances to date, also winning 31 Germany caps and scoring twice for his country.

[Trim]

Originally Posted by Poldi

Ok he is nice player, but I think not that class that we need, so he will be only sub.

Sub?? LOL. He wouldn't have agreed a deal for a sub role.

Borowski will start, that's for sure.

My mate just told me that MVB will leave to Feyenoord in the summer.

I asked him where did he read that, he told me he read it in Croatian media.