By Jeff Drecker

THE Klitschko brothers are promising to fight David Haye in 2011 and are offering the British heavyweight a choice of which sibling to challenge, a German newspaper reports.

A back injury forced Haye, the WBA champion, to withdraw from a fight with Wladimir Klitschko in 2009. He wants to fight both Wladimir - who holds the IBF and WBO belts - and older brother Vitali, who is the WBC champion, before retiring next October.

On its website, German daily Bild quoted the Klitschkos as saying: "We promise there will be a fight against Haye in 2011."

The Ukrainians' statement added that "he can choose which of us he wants to step into the ring against to lose his world title."

Earlier last week, Haye offered Wladimir a 50-50 split of the earnings in order to secure a heavyweight fight next year.

The major stumbling block was believed to have been how to split the purse but Haye and his management team said last Tuesday they have offered Wladimir "50-50 on everything."

Haye said there was no reason why their fight shouldn't take place next year.

"We have now ticked every box they have asked us to tick and I just hope Wladimir is as eager to fight as he tells everyone he is," Haye said. "We have removed every possible excuse and have shown we are serious about making this fight become a reality. I only pray Wladimir is as serious as we are because this fight needs to happen for the good of the sport."

After retaining his belt with a third-round stoppage of fellow British boxer Audley Harrison last month, the 30-year-old Haye immediately set his sights on unifying the sport's flagship division.

Wladimir, 34, was scheduled to defend his title against Briton Dereck Chisora on December 11 but withdrew three days before the fight after pulling a stomach muscle.