Bayern Agree Deal With Tymoshchuk

Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has substantiated reports that Anatoliy Tymoshchuk is set to join them from Zenit St. Petersburg. Germany's Bild newspaper had on Sunday claimed that the Ukrainian international midfielder was just a formality away from joining Bayern and Hoeness has since admitted at a press conference that this is in fact the case. "I assume we will have the player here in Munich by July 1," the Bayern supremo told local reporters on Monday. "We have reached an agreement with the player but not yet with Zenit St. Petersburg regarding the date. "There are still questions whether he can or has to come to us in April or July 1," Hoeness went on to reveal, before downplaying the widely held notion that Tymoshchuk's arrival automatically spells the end of Mark van Bommel's career at the club. "I personally believe that we will be able to keep hold of Mark in Munich," he stressed. "That has always been our aim and I have not had any sign to the contrary."