Fink set for Far East

The veteran is keen to accept a lucrative pay-day in the Far East after being promised that a return to Munich will still be on the agenda when he decides to hang up his boots.

"I'd like to move abroad for one year and I had talks with our general manager Uli Hoeness, who told me that I could come back to Bayern afterwards," Fink told Sportbild.

The 35-year-old had been labelled as Bayern's best-ever player who never wore a national team jersey since he managed to win three Bundesliga titles, two German Cups and the Champions League after arriving from Karlsruhe in 1997.

Given his merits for the club, he had been guaranteed to join Bayern's management department at the end of his career, but the offers he has received from the J-League have now convinced him to start his first spell abroad.