Stefan Kiessling will stay at Bayer Leverkusen despite the striker being open to an exit, the Bundesliga club's sporting executive Rudi Voller has said.

Kiessling, 31, has been linked with Hannover and he has not ruled out leaving Leverkusen in the January transfer window.

He said at the weekend: "I want to be playing a bit of football at the end of my career and that is why I've got to give things good thought. I'll speak to the bosses and see what the best solution is."

Voller, however, has told Bild: "It's a fact that Stefan will stay.