Werder Bremen have confirmed that striker Claudio Pizarro will leave the club after they declined to extend his contract.
The Bundesliga club have opted against offering the 38-year-old a new one-year deal in order to allow younger talents the chance to progress into the first team, according to sporting director Frank Baumann.
The Peru international will be granted a farewell match to mark his service to the club.
We signalled to Claudio in the middle of May that we would probably not extend his contract, Baumann told Bremen s official website.
We ve incorporated many different aspects into our decision. Because of the great competition in attack and the young talent whose development we don t want to block, we have decided not to extend Claudio s cont…