Schwarzer moving to Cottagers
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Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has announced he has agreed to move to Fulham from Premier League rivals Middlesbrough.
The deal comes after drawn-out negotiations with Boro broke down.
Schwarzer will move to Craven Cottage on a two-year deal, double the length offered by the club he served for 11 years.
The 35-year-old touched down in Sydney on Thursday ahead of the Socceroos' four World Cup qualifiers next month and explained his decision to the media.
"I thought it was important to sort it out sooner rather than later so it didn't affect preparations for the qualifiers," Schwarzer said.
"I was very confident something would be sorted out.
"I had a few other options but felt this was the best one for me.
"I don't think anyone can say anything negative about my stay at Middlesbrough, I fulfilled every contract I had with them."
Schwarzer had been linked with Bayern Munich in Germany as well as a possible move to Italy.
Schwarzer's fitness is under a cloud heading into Australia's friendly with Ghana on Friday night but he is expected to play in the upcoming qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup.
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can go bayern munich , can have chance to play champion league , he go fulham?? -.-
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Schwarzer: Buffon Made Me Reject Juve
Middlesbrough goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer has revealed that he rejected moves to both Juventus and Bayern Munich in order to sign for Fulham.
Schwarzer completed his free transfer move to the Cottagers after rejecting an extension to his current deal at Boro that runs out next month.
A host of top clubs were interested in signing the 35-year-old, who has confirmed that two of these were Juventus and Bayern Munich.
"There were offers on the table but the only thing that mattered to me was regular first-team football," he said on Sky Sports News.
"And obviously someone like Juventus you don't have to be Einstein to work out that you have Buffon there and it is very unlikely you are going to play too many games under Buffon as he is such a world class keeper.
"And with Bayern Munich it was a similar situation with their goalkeeping situation.
"I want to qualify for the next World Cup and hopefully be part of that so I had to go somewhere I would be considered No.1."
Schwarzer has been at Middlesbrough for 11 years, having signed for them in 1997 from Bradford City. Previous to this he enjoyed a spell in Germany with Kaiserslautern and Dynamo Dresden.
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Originally posted by chelseaduff11:
he was here in kinokuniya bookstore promoting his new book just a few days ago, anyone saw him?
ooo nope...you met him?