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Ballack concerned for Gomez

23 Jun 2008 - 11:44:19

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Germany captain Michael Ballack believes that team-mate Mario Gomez has been unsettled by transfer talk during the European Championships.

The 22-year-old VfB Stuttgart frontman has been linked with a move to Bayern Munich this summer and Ballack thinks that such talk has not helped Gomes to focus on the job in hand at Euro 2008.

Ballack told Die Welt: "I find it strange that negotiations have to take place during the European Championships.

"That is not good for a player and doesn't help his concentration.

"I know from experience that it does play a role when something is going on behind the scenes and your name is continually in the media."

Gomez failed to find the net in the group stages of the competition and sat out the 3-2 quarter-final victory over Portugal.