Munich - Bayern Munich midfielder Jose Ernesto Sosa has been loaned off to his former club Estudiantes de La Plata for the rest of the season, the German Bundesliga club said on Thursday.

Sosa, 24, returns to his native Argentina until June 30, 2010 after rarely playing this season in Munich. He came to Munich in 2007 for 6 million euros (8.9 million dollars) and has a contract there until 2011. (dpa)