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Klasnic returns to Bundesliga

4 September 2012-PA Sport

Mainz has given Ivan Klasnic a route back into the Bundesliga by signing the former Werder Bremen striker on a one-year contract.

The Croatian, who was released by Bolton Wanderers in the northern summer, signed the deal after successfully passing a medical, although he was not Mainz's first-choice striker target.

"He was always our plan B," said the Bundesliga club's general manager Christian Heidel.

"After the transfer of Adrian Ramos failed to materialise, we wanted to get this one wrapped up as quickly as possible."

Nevertheless, with his experience of 49 goals in Germany's top flight when he formed half of Bremen's infamous K & K attack along with Miroslav Klose, he is a player Mainz is delighted to have at its disposal.

"We were looking for an experienced player who knows the Bundesliga to go with our young attack," added Heidel on his club's website.

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