Bayern Munich have confirmed on their official
club website that they have loaned out striker Luca Toni to Roma
until the end of the season.
The 32-year-old hitman announced earlier this week that he would be
moving to the Stadio Olimpico when the January transfer window
opens, but Bayern have now made the transfer official.
A statement reads: "FC Bayern gives its player Luca Toni (32) on
loan to Roma until 30.6.2010. An agreement between AS Roma and
Bayern has been reached."
It is a return to Serie A for Toni after he left Fiorentina for
Bayern in 2007. The World Cup winner was prolific in his first
one-and-a-half seasons in the Bundesliga, but struggled badly in
2009.
Following the arrival this season of coach Louis Van Gaal, whom
Toni did not see eye-to-eye with, an exit seemed inevitable due to
a lack of playing time.
Toni will be hoping that his link-up with Francesco Totti in Rome
will earn him a recall to the Italy national team in time for the
summer's World Cup in South Africa.
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