Werder Bremen ready to consider
offers for Klose
BERLIN, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Werder Bremen will consider letting
striker Miroslav Klose leave at the end of the season, according to
club sporting director Klaus Allofs.
The 28-year-old Klose, top scorer at the World Cup in Germany this
year, has a contract until 2008 but he has expressed an interest in
moving abroad.
Werder have not given up on getting him to sign a new contract but
they appear ready to do a deal next year rather than see him
leaving on a free transfer 12 months later.
'If he expresses a wish (to go) we will deal with any enquiries,'
Allofs said in Monday's edition of Kicker.
'But we'll do everything to convince him to stay. A change would
only be possible if the financial details were right and we had a
replacement ready.'
Werder regained top spot in the Bundesliga on Saturday when Klose
struck twice in a 3-1 victory over Hertha Berlin, taking his tally
for the season to 10 league goals.
Werder's next game is away to Barcelona on Tuesday, when a point
will be enough to send them through to the last 16 of the Champions
League while knocking the holders out.
