Hamburg striker Ivica Olic to join Bayern Munich

Jan 3 2009 By Matt McKenzie

Hamburg striker Ivica Olic will join Bayern Munich in the summer.

The German champions’ general manager Uli Hoeness confirmed to www.fcbayern.de today that the 29-year-old Croatia forward will switch to Bavaria on a three-year contract on July 1.

``We have reached an agreement. It lacks only the signatures on the contract," Hoeness said from Dubai, where Bayern are on a winter training camp.

Olic, who looks set to replace wantaway frontman Lukas Podolski in Jurgen Klinsmann’s squad, hopes to leave HSV on a high.

``I will give everything to ensure that I leave Hamburg with a title," he said.