Bayern seeking more signings after record deal for Gomez

 Bayern seeking more signings after record deal for Gomez Munich - Bayern Munich are seeking additional signings for next season after paying a Bundesliga record 30 million euros (42 million dollars) for Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez, chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.

"I believe we will be make one or two more transfers but I don't think we have to go on a really big offensive. We have a good team," he told the Bavarian radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Bayern are looking in particular for a right-sided defender, Rummenigge said.

"Next week (new coach) Louis van Gaal will be in Munich and we will discuss everything in detail," he said.

Bayern, who have finished league runners-up behind VfL Wolfsburg, are also interested in signing Schalke 04 goalkeeper Manuel Neuner. However Schalke say he is not for sale.

General manager Uli Hoeness indicated in an interview with Sport Bild magazine Wednesday that Bayern would not rule out selling midfielder Franck Ribery if the price were right.

Although reportedly wanted by a number of top clubs, Hoeness said there had been no offers for the France international apart from "a casual inquiry" from Manchester United.

"For 40 million euros I wouldn't even pick up the phone," he said.

Hoeness added: "We can keep anyone who has a contract. If we were to release him then it would be because we had come to the decision that the money would help us strengthen the team."

Hoeness had reiterated in a television interview on Monday that Bayern would do their best to keep Ribery who has also been linked with Real Madrid.

However, the manager said other players at the club will come under review because "the performances of some are not 100 per cent consistent with what is in the contracts."

He singled out midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, saying the German international "has to be asked whether he wants to continue being a fellow traveller, whether what he has shown at Bayern in the last year is his idea of what he wants."

Gomez meanwhile said Wednesday he had decided to leave Stuttgart for Bayern because of the greater prospects of success in Europe.

"I wanted the opportunity of winning something internationally. I expect big things with Bayern," he told reporters on arrival with the German national team in Shanghai for a friendly with China.

Gomez is the fourth new signing so far for Bayern for next season following striker Ivica Olic from Hamburg, midfielder Alexander Baumjohann (Borussia Moenchengladbach) and midfielder Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Zenit St Petersburg). (dpa)