Oddo On Loan for Munich

Massimo Oddo is to join Bayern Munich on a one-year loan deal, with the option to sign on a permanent basis at the end of the season.

Right-back Oddo, a member of the Italy squad which won the World Cup in 2006, will reinforce Bayern's backline following a long-term injury to Willy Sagnol and Marcell Jansen's departure to Hamburg.

Bayern coach Jurgen Klinsmann said: "Massimo Oddo is a type of player, who can cover the whole right flank. He will greatly increase out quality because of his experience and his tactical and technical abilities."

Klinsmann revealed he had been looking at Oddo for some time. "We have had Massimo Oddo in our sights for a long time," he said. "We have the chance to get him, and now we have used it."

Oddo will be the second Italy international at the Allianz Arena, joining striker Luca Toni. The 32-year-old only moved to Milan from Lazio in January 2007 and was in the side which beat Liverpool in the Champions League final that May. He missed out on a place in Roberto Donadoni's Euro 2008 squad with a knee injury.

Oddo was a member of the Milan side which knock Bayern out of the Champions League last season.Oddo is unlikely to make his Bayern debut against Hertha Berlin this Sunday but should feature in the first game back after the international break, away to Cologne on September 13.

Source: Sportinglife