Cruz signs new Bayern deal

Bayern Munich have agreed a three-year contract extension with injured striker Roque Santa Cruz. The Paraguay international will not play again until April 2006 at the earliest after undergoing cruciate knee ligament surgery in the United States.

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The injury had put a question mark over his future with Bayern, with his contract due to expire at the end of the season.

Bayern look set to lose Michael Ballack in June after withdrawing their offer of a new deal to the Germany captain and the Bundesliga champions have several more urgent cases.

French defenders Willy Sagnol and Bixente Lizarazu, Germany internationals Oliver Kahn and Sebastian Deisler, midfielder Mehmet Scholl, Iranian forward Ali Karimi and Brazilian winger Ze Roberto are all out of contract at the end of the season.

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