Bayern Munich, whose trophy cupboard was bare last season, are aiming to fill it full of silver in the upcoming 2002/03 campaign, manager Ottmar Hitzfeld pledged here on Friday.

The 17 times German champions missed out on title number 18 on the last day of the season to Borussia Dortmund, prompting Hitzfeld to declare: "We're hungry!"

"We have a clear aim - to win as many trophies as possible," he added.

Hitzfeld, who promised a "surprise line-up" for the new season which gets under way on August 9, has boosted his squad with the summer purchase of Bayer Leverkusen's Brazilian Ze Roberto for 9.5 million euros (9.25 million dollars) and German World Cup star Michael Ballack, prized from the same club for six million euros.

Hitzfeld also splashed out nine million euros on Hertha Berlin's Sebastian Deisler./p