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Vol. 5 Num 1135 Wed. August 08, 2007  
   
Sports


Bayern confirm Larrauri arrival


Bayern Munich's manager Uli Hoeness confirmed on Monday night that 13-year-old Peruvian child prodigy Pier Larrauri will join the German giants, but insisted no contract had been signed.

"The story was exaggerated: he will simply come to us and play for one of our youth sides this season, that is all," Hoeness told German television channel ARD at half-time in Bayern's German Cup tie at Burghausen.

"We did not sign a contract and no money has been exchanged.

"We will see at the end of this year if he is good enough to continue at Bayern," said Hoeness.

The teenager prodigy has been compared to Argentinian Lionel Messi and came into contact with Bayern via Peruvian international Claudio Pizarro who left Munich this summer for Chelsea.