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| Pepe Reina heading for Bayern Munich after Liverpool agree sale | Pepe Reina heading for Bayern Munich after Liverpool agree sale |
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| Pepe Reina’s Liverpool career is drawing to a close after Bayern Munich said they had agreed to sign the goalkeeper, subject to a medical. | Pepe Reina’s Liverpool career is drawing to a close after Bayern Munich said they had agreed to sign the goalkeeper, subject to a medical. |
| The Spain international spent last season on loan at Napoli having lost his regular first-team place under Brendan Rodgers to the £9m recruit Simon Mignolet. | The Spain international spent last season on loan at Napoli having lost his regular first-team place under Brendan Rodgers to the £9m recruit Simon Mignolet. |
| Despite a fluctuating debut campaign by the Belgium goalkeeper, Reina had little chance of regaining favour with the Liverpool manager and did not feature at all on the club’s recent pre-season tour of the United States. | Despite a fluctuating debut campaign by the Belgium goalkeeper, Reina had little chance of regaining favour with the Liverpool manager and did not feature at all on the club’s recent pre-season tour of the United States. |
| The former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez, who brought Reina to Anfield from Villarreal in 2005 as a replacement for the Champions League hero Jerzy Dudek, had been keen on re-signing the 31-year-old for Napoli. However, Liverpool’s desire for a permanent deal and the keeper’s £100,000-a-week wages have proved prohibitive to the Italian club and Bayern have stepped in to offer Reina an escape to the Bundesliga. | The former Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez, who brought Reina to Anfield from Villarreal in 2005 as a replacement for the Champions League hero Jerzy Dudek, had been keen on re-signing the 31-year-old for Napoli. However, Liverpool’s desire for a permanent deal and the keeper’s £100,000-a-week wages have proved prohibitive to the Italian club and Bayern have stepped in to offer Reina an escape to the Bundesliga. |
| Liverpool have accepted the German champions’ offer, believed to be for an initial £2.5m, for their unwanted keeper, who would be an understudy to Manuel Neuer and is set to reunite with his former Barcelona team-mate Pep Guardiola. | Liverpool have accepted the German champions’ offer, believed to be for an initial £2.5m, for their unwanted keeper, who would be an understudy to Manuel Neuer and is set to reunite with his former Barcelona team-mate Pep Guardiola. |
| Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern’s chairman, told his club’s website: “The player will come to Munich in the next few days for a medical examination and to sign his contract.” | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Bayern’s chairman, told his club’s website: “The player will come to Munich in the next few days for a medical examination and to sign his contract.” |
| He added: “Pepe Reina was eager to come to Bayern Munich. He wanted to embark on this adventure even though he knows that, in Manuel Neuer, he has a keeper in front of him who, if nothing changes, will always remain the No1.” |