11/18/2008 - Bielefeld, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arminia Bielefeld striker Artur Wichniarek has pledged his future to the Bundesliga strugglers after signing a new contract.
The 31-year-old Poland international has scored eight of the club's 12 goals this season and is happy to stay at the Schuco Arena despite their current 19th place in the table.
"I would like to set an example with this extension," he told the club's official website. "We are playing well but unfortunately have too few points.
"Everyone at the club is doing a good job - if we had six more points we would now be 12th. We want to pull ourselves out of troubles and will achieve it together."
(Courtesy of sportbox.tv)
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little in-fighting all contributing to the unwanted 4-5 record the team
brought into this p
<< AC Milan denies reports linking Shevchenko to Real
Milan, Italy (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - AC Milan has dismissed reports that Andriy
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