Cologne - The final confirmation was a long time in coming but in the end, FC Bayern München got their man.

On the last Tuesday of the month, days before Bayern's Supercup assignment at VfL Wolfsburg, Arturo Vidal put pen to paper on a four-year deal that has him earmarked to fill the gap left by Manchester-bound Bastian Schweinsteiger. The 28-year-old Chile international looks best-equipped to do so, as the German record champions prepare for their assault on a second Bundesliga-DFB Cup-Champions League treble in three years.

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'A real winner'

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