Just got this out of Soccernet:
Effenberg agrees to City switch
By John Drayton
Stefan Effenberg, the former Germany international, has agreed to join Kevin Keegan's Manchester City revolution.
The Bayern Munich midfielder has accepted a two-year contract worth around £30,000 a week and joins on a free transfer on July 1.
The outspoken star will join former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel in City's bid to take the Premiership by storm next season.
Effenberg was wanted by Fulham and Tottenham earlier in the season, but jumped at the chance to move to newly-promoted City.
He will see out the final two months of his contract at Bayern - but has already said yes to a pre-contract deal at Maine Road. The 33-year-old will sign within the next seven days.
Keegan made Effenberg his top target as soon as City won promotion and he has taken just three weeks to lure him to Manchester.
The City boss believes the arrival of Effenberg and Schmeichel will signal intent from a club that is on the up again.
Effenberg has been a central figure in Bayern's success in recent years, but will be leaving the club under a cloud.
He has always been a controversial figure, retiring from international football at 25 after being sent home in disgrace from the 1994 World Cup Finals.
The midfielder was axed after making an abusive gesture to German fans and played only twice more for his country in a brief comeback in 1998.
Only last week he caused uproar in Germany by offending the nation's unemployed in a controversial interview with Playboy magazine.
Effenberg said: 'I would cut spending on the unemployed to an absolute minimum so they would be forced to work.'
He was dropped from the Bayern team to face Hertha Berlin last Saturday after claiming the unemployed were lazy and sponging off the welfare system.
European champions Bayern condemned him for his comments, and he may have played his last game for them. German legend Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern's president, believes Effenberg should be left out of Saturday's match at Wolfsburg for his own safety.
Beckenbauer said: 'Effenberg's comments have started an avalanche which cannot be stopped.
'I told him not to go to Wolfsburg as it is a working-class city and going there would only lead to further misunderstanding.'
Keegan on a mission ..... Old grudges maybe?
Effenberg agrees to City switch
By John Drayton
Stefan Effenberg, the former Germany international, has agreed to join Kevin Keegan's Manchester City revolution.
The Bayern Munich midfielder has accepted a two-year contract worth around £30,000 a week and joins on a free transfer on July 1.
The outspoken star will join former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel in City's bid to take the Premiership by storm next season.
Effenberg was wanted by Fulham and Tottenham earlier in the season, but jumped at the chance to move to newly-promoted City.
He will see out the final two months of his contract at Bayern - but has already said yes to a pre-contract deal at Maine Road. The 33-year-old will sign within the next seven days.
Keegan made Effenberg his top target as soon as City won promotion and he has taken just three weeks to lure him to Manchester.
The City boss believes the arrival of Effenberg and Schmeichel will signal intent from a club that is on the up again.
Effenberg has been a central figure in Bayern's success in recent years, but will be leaving the club under a cloud.
He has always been a controversial figure, retiring from international football at 25 after being sent home in disgrace from the 1994 World Cup Finals.
The midfielder was axed after making an abusive gesture to German fans and played only twice more for his country in a brief comeback in 1998.
Only last week he caused uproar in Germany by offending the nation's unemployed in a controversial interview with Playboy magazine.
Effenberg said: 'I would cut spending on the unemployed to an absolute minimum so they would be forced to work.'
He was dropped from the Bayern team to face Hertha Berlin last Saturday after claiming the unemployed were lazy and sponging off the welfare system.
European champions Bayern condemned him for his comments, and he may have played his last game for them. German legend Franz Beckenbauer, Bayern's president, believes Effenberg should be left out of Saturday's match at Wolfsburg for his own safety.
Beckenbauer said: 'Effenberg's comments have started an avalanche which cannot be stopped.
'I told him not to go to Wolfsburg as it is a working-class city and going there would only lead to further misunderstanding.'
Keegan on a mission ..... Old grudges maybe?