Hoffenheim Signs Modeste From Bordeaux

[Folami David]

Bundesliga club Hoffenheim has signed French striker Anthony Modeste from Bordeaux on a three- year contract.
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The 25-year-old was on loan at Bastia last season and also has played for Blackburn in the English Premier League.
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Hoffenheim coach Markus Gisdol says they have "had Anthony in focus for a long time."
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Hoffenheim finished 16th in the 18-team Bundesliga last season. It salvaged its top-flight status by winning a two-leg playoff against Kaiserslautern, the third-place finisher in the second division.

[Shola Sholaz]

German clubs are a force to reckon with right now in World Football seeing what Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund did last season in the Uefa Champions League.