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Vol. 5 Num 1124 Sun. July 29, 2007  
   
Sports


Blackburn snap up Santa Cruz


Bayern Munich have sold Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz to English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in a deal believed to be worth five million euros, it was announced on Saturday.

The 25-year-old, who has 46 caps and scored 16 goals for his country, will join the English side on August 1 and has signed a four-year contract.

"Santa Cruz is a young national player with a good reputation, who comes to us from a top European club. He is very dangerous in the air", said Blackburn boss Mark Hughes, the former Manchester United striker who spent a season on loan at Bayern in the 1980s.