Scholl staying with Bayern
Saturday, February 5, 2005
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Mehmet Scholl has signed a one-year extension to his contract with Bundesliga leaders FC Bayern München.
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Until summer 2006
The 34-year-old Scholl reached an agreement with Bayern manager Uli Hoeness and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge last night and will now remain at the club until summer 2006. He is Bayern's longest-serving player having joined from Karlsruher SC in 1992.
Short meeting
"Uli Hoeness and I met up with Mehmet on Friday and it took about five minutes to agree the new contract," said Rummenigge after today's 2-0 win over Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Scholl, a former German international, has played 292 games for Bayern, scoring 82 goals.
