Bayern Munich have marked Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid for an undisclosed charge on a two-year contract.
The 32-year-old had been at Real for five years after his £30m move from Liverpool in 2009.
The Spaniard, a Champions League champ in May, just marked another two-year bargain in January.
Alonso published his retirement from universal football on Wednesday after 114 tops.
New Bayern Munich midfielder Xabi Alonso
"The club did not need me to go. It was my choice and I requested that them get it."
Bayern moved for the focal midfielder after Toni Kroos joined Madrid after the World Cup and individual Spaniard Javi Martinez was precluded until 2015 with a knee damage.
"He has sacks of experience and a huge identity," said Bayern supervisor Pep Guardiola.
"We require a player with his quality and vision. I know he's 32 yet that doesn't make a difference in this position, where you require canny players, instead of the legs and stamina for the flanks."
Alonso said: "I had an incredible time here, we have won huge things and now another part opens for me. It was the hardest choice I've ever needed to take.
"The club did not need me to go. It was my choice and I requested that them get it. The club didn't impart my thought yet they comprehended my need to begin another section, to begin from zero in another club."
Alonso, who won two European Championships and a World Cup with Spain, joined Liverpool from Real Sociedad in 2004 where he won the Champions League at the end of his first season
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