Western Sydney Wanderers have signed God of Football and former Eintracht Frankfurt star Alexander Meier.
Meier moves to the A-League club – coached by former Bayern Munich and Germany defender Markus Babbel – as a marquee, the Wanderers announced on Friday.
The 36-year-old attacker, who spent the second half of last season on loan at St Pauli, scored 137 goals during his 14 years with Eintracht – where he is the joint third highest scorer.
Meier, once nicknamed the God of Football , was also part of the Eintracht team, who were led by Niko Kovac, that stunned Bayern Munich in the 2017-18 DFB-Pokal final.
We have today confirmed the signing of German striker Alexander Meier for the upcoming season:
— WS Wanderers FC (@wswanderersfc)
I m very excited to play in Australia and I can t wait to go on the plane tonight, Meier, who was the Bundesliga s top goalscorer in 2014-15, said via wswanderersfc.com.au.
Markus told me how professional the club is and that they are very ambitious, and it is a great club to play for.
I don t like to speak about myself, about what I can deliver, all I can say that is I will always give 100 per cent on and off the field.
The most important thing for me is that as a team we all stand for each other, in bad and in good times, and the better the environment we create, success can come from this.
