Bayern Munich have reached an agreement with Bayer Leverkusen which will allow defender Jonathan Tah to play for Bayern at the upcoming Club World Cup, news reports said on Saturday.
The reports said that the two clubs have agreed on a transfer fee for the German international.
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Bundesliga champions Bayern have signed Tah on a free transfer from July 1 onwards, but it needed another agreement to have him play at the Club World Cup in the United States, which opens on June 14, from the start.
The ruling body FIFA has created an additional June 1-10 transfer window for the 32 teams playing at the month-long tournament in the United States.
Bayern travel to the US on Tuesday and play their first match on June 15 against Auckland City. If the agreement over Tah is confirmed, he can be with Bayern from the outset. A July 1 move would have only made him eligible from the quarter-finals.
Tah is currently at the German national team which plays France in the Nations League match for third place on Sunday.
Bayern have also signed young midfielder Tom Bischof from Hoffenheim but it remains unclear whether he will also move before July 1 to be part of the Club World Cup squad.