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British heavyweight Haye was forced to pull out of his scheduled June 20 bout with the IBF, WBO and IBO champion in Gelsenkirchen on Wednesday, due to a back injury sustained while training in Cyprus.

And Klitschko's manager Bernd Boente told Setanta Sports News: "At the moment the priority is Ruslan Chagaev because Wladimir does not want to wait any longer."

Haye is confident he could be fit to fight three weeks after the original date but Klitschko's camp are now exploring new possibilities.

"We have already waited until June when we wanted to fight March, April," Boente added. "We don't know if he will really be ready on July 11. It could be that he hurts his back again and we have the same problem.

"It is still a possibility but our first priority at the moment is Ruslan Chagaev - but that is also not a done deal."

Boente added that agreements already in place with TV companies for June 20 further complicate matters.

Haye's manager Adam Booth claims his man is "gutted" that the much-hyped fight with Ukrainian star Klitschko is not going ahead as planned.

Victory would have made Haye the first British heavyweight world champion since Lennox Lewis retired in 2003.

A sell-out crowd of 60,000 was anticipated at Schalke's Veltins-Arena.