MUNICH (AP) - United States forward Julian Green is leaving Bayern Munich and switching to second-division club Stuttgart.
The 21-year-old Green, whose contract was to run through next June, will leave Bayern during the Bundesliga's winter break for a contract through June 2019 with Stuttgart, the Bavarian club said Wednesday.
"Julian wants to gain experience at a club where he'll play regularly. Of course that was difficult at Bayern due to the huge competition," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, referring to the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben, Thomas Mueller, Franck Ribery, Douglas Costa and Renato Sanches.