Bremen, Germany  - Croatian footballer Ivan Klasnic on Friday rejected a settlement in a dispute with his former club Werder Bremen over his kidney problems which eventually led to a transplant.

Klasnic said he reject an offer of 350,000 euros (462,000 dollars) made by a Bremen judge not because the sum was too small but rather because he wants Bremen team doctors to acknowledge that they did not treat him properly.

"I could have died on the pitch ... I want justice to win and the truth to be revealed," Klasnic said.

The team doctors have protested their innocence in the case in which Klasnic wants 1.1 million euros in compensation after missing one year of football as he underwent two kidney transplants in 2007.

Klasnic left Bremen last year to play for French club Nantes. (dpa)