Deportivo de La Coruna has agreed to sell goalscorer Roy Makaay to Bayern Munich, the Spanish club's president Augusto Cesar Lendoiro said Monday.
Bayern confirmed the transfer of the Dutch international on a four-year contract shortly afterward with a statement posted on its Web site. It said the deal was subject to Makaay passing a medical checkup on Tuesday.
"The poker has come to an end and Roy Makaay will play for Bayern Munich," the German club said. "On late Monday evening, Bayern Munich's managing committee and La Coruna president Cesar Lendoiro agreed on the phone to the transfer of the Dutch international."
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Lendoiro made the initial announcement at a press conference at Deportivo's Riazor Stadium following his meeting with Makaay's agent Rob Jansen, saying that "an agreement has been reached in principle."
Bayern said the clubs agreed not to disclose the transfer fee.
Lendoiro reportedly rejected a US$20.5 million offer from Bayern vice president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and general director Uli Hoeness at a meeting in Madrid a month ago.
"It's been a long negotiation, involving weeks, even months," Lendoiro said on Monday, before Deportivo's preseason match with Mexican side America.
Deportivo criticized Bayern earlier Monday for announcing that Makaay had agreed to a four-year contract before Bayern had presented the Spanish club with a written offer.
Makaay, who previously played for Tenerife and Vitesse Arnhem, has scored 79 league goals in four seasons with Deportivo.
The Dutch international won the Golden Boot award for Europe's top scorer last season, after netting 29 goals in 38 league matches for Deportivo. He also scored nine times in last season's Champions League.
"I'm never going to forget the four magnificent years that I have spent at Deportivo," he said
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