Ballack denies making deal with Red Devils

BAYERN MUNICH midfielder Michael Ballack has denied reports he has come to a gentleman’s agreement to join Manchester United after the 2006 World Cup.

Ballack is understood to want to leave Bayern after one final season in the Bundesliga and there was speculation that the preliminary details of a free transfer have been provisionally agreed for him to sign a pre-contract agreement at Old Trafford next January.

But the player’s agent, Michael Becker, said no deal had been struck.