Wanderers Make Klas Signing

Bolton Wanderers have completed the signing of Croatian international striker Ivan Klasnic.

The 29-year-old has agreed to move to the Reebok Stadium from Nantes on a season-long loan deal.

Klasnic has enjoyed a career predominantly in the German top-flight with Werder Bremen, and joins Wanderers after a season in French football.

Bolton Manager Gary Megson said: "Ivan is a player who we have been tracking for quite a while. His goalscoring record is very good and he has an excellent pedigree at international level with Croatia and domestically in Europe."



Having built his reputation at St Pauli, Klasnic moved to Werder Bremen where he stayed for seven seasons. The Hamburg-born frontman helped them win the Bundesliga during the 2003/04 campaign and the following season had his first taste of Champions League football, in which he scored five goals in the group stage for Werder.

The vastly experienced frontman has also found the net on 11 occasions for Croatia in 35 appearances, with two of those strikes coming against Poland and Turkey at the European Championships last summer.

Klasnic becomes the sixth player to move to Bolton in the summer transfer window following the recruitment of Sean Davis, Paul Robinson, Sam Ricketts, Zat Knight and Chung-Yong Lee.