Pizarro makes Chelsea switch

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The forward passed a medical and agreed terms on Friday to seal a move to Stamford Bridge.

Bayern's signing of Italy striker Luca Toni from Fiorentina this week left Pizarro further down the pecking order at the Allianz Arena.

Despite being a regular substitute for Bayern - behind Roy Makaay, Lukas Podolski and now Toni - Pizarro's availability prompted interest from a number of top clubs.

But the forward told Chelsea TV: "I think it's very important for me to win some titles and I have the chance here to win them. The most important thing is the Champions League which I was looking to win with Bayern, but we didn't have the chance.

"I think now we have a good team, a good trainer and the chance to win it. I had some interesting offers, but the most important thing was that I talked to the coach, I talked to the people here, and they were very interested. We have many chances to win titles here and that's what I want."

Pizarro added: "I get used very fast to playing with different kinds of players. I did it at Bayern and I don't think it will be a problem now."

The signing is Chelsea's second of the summer following the recruitment of Oldham starlet Danny Philliskirk.

Pizarro had been expected to put pen to paper on a four-year deal at Stamford Bridge with unsettled defender Khalid Boulahrouz tipped for a move in the opposite direction.

Boulahrouz has failed to settle in England following his £10million move from Hamburg last summer and would welcome a return to Germany.