The combative and technically gifted Portuguese international has signed on a five-year deal. Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has also joined the Bavarians. Hummels started his career in Munich playing one Bundesliga match before moving to Dortmund.

BREAKING: Bayern Munich to sign Dortmund defender Mats Hummels in the summer, club confirms. pic.twitter.com/OEQ6GYwTBN

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Bayern mean business signing Sanches and Hummels

Bayern mean business signing Sanches and Hummels
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Bayern Munich have pounced early in the transfer market laying down a strong marker for next season under coach new coach Carlo Ancelotti.

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Bayern Munich have pounced early in the transfer market laying down a strong marker for next season under coach new coach Carlo
Ancelotti.

Bayern shelled out €35m for the Benfica midfielder.

Revealed: The real reason Renato Sanches snubbed Manchester United for Bayern Munich #MUFChttps://t.co/g8vhioJRyMpic.twitter.com/5VMIa3yBTe

— Express Sport (DExpress_Sport) <a href="https://twitter.com/DExpress_Sport/status/730045350472486912">May 10, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <b></b>The combative and technically gifted Portuguese international has signed on a five-year deal. <b></b>Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels has also joined the Bavarians. <b></b>Hummels started his career in Munich playing one Bundesliga match before moving to Dortmund. <b></b> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align center data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Bayern Munich to sign Dortmund defender Mats Hummels in the summer, club confirms. <a href="https://t.co/OEQ6GYwTBN">pic.twitter.com/OEQ6GYwTBN</a></p>&mdash; ESPN FC (ESPNFC) May 10, 2016

The transfer fee has not been made public.
His last appearance could be against Bayern as the two clubs meet in the German cup final on May 21.

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