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UEFA Champions League: Basel bid Giménez goodbye

/noticias.info/ Swiss champions FC Basel 1893 have parted company with Argentinian striker Christian Giménez just hours before their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second-leg defeat at Werder Bremen.

Refused to travel
Legally, the separation between the two parties will take effect as soon as Giménez signs a new contract elsewhere, with UEFA Intertoto Cup winners Olympique de Marseille a possible destination. The Swiss club took the decision to terminate his contract after he refused to travel to Bremen for tonight's game to remain eligible for European competition should he move.

Four-year stay
Former CA Boca Juniors forward Giménez, who joined Basel from FC Lugano in 2001, was under contract with Basel until June 2006 with an option to renew for an additional season, but will now leave after scoring 93 league goals in 123 appearances, winning three Swiss titles. Basel led 2-1 against Bremen from their home leg, but lost 3-0 tonight and now enter the UEFA Cup first round. notas_de_prensa_archivo