Schalke striker to join Dynamo Moscow

Kuranyi’s contract at Schalke is set to expire at the end of June.

“I always said that, at the end of the day, the overall package had to be right,” he said on his personal website.

“I had that feeling with Dynamo. Of course the financial side is one aspect of it and it would be hypocritical to claim otherwise.”

“It would be wrong and arrogant at the same time to under-estimate Russian football.

“CSKA Moscow and Zenit St Petersburg have both won the Uefa Cup and Zenit even beat Bayern Munich in the semi-final.

“I think these results speak for themselves and now I want to latch onto these achievements and build something big with Dynamo.”