Goetze heads to Bayern fromDortmund

MUNICH- Champions League semi-finalists Borussia Dortmund confirmed on Tuesday thatGermanystar Mario Goetze will join Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich next season, in a deal reported to be worth 37 million euros ($48.2 million, £32 million). The talented 20-year-old attacking midfielder was under contract atDortmunduntil 2016 but a release clause allows him to leave for 37 million euros, according to German daily Bild.Dortmundconfirmed that Goetze's agent, Volker Struth, had recently informed them that Goetze would be using the clause and will move to Bayern on July 1. The deal would make him the biggest transfer deal withinGermany, passing the previous highest mark of 35 million euros which Bayern paid VfB Stuttgart for Mario Gomez in 2009. –AFP

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