Having initially agreed a contract extension at the Veltins Arena, the young defender is now set to join the French giants
Thilo Kehrer is on the verge of joining Paris Saint-Germain for a reported fee of €37million ($42m), Schalke sporting director Christian Heidel has confirmed.
Kehrer, a Schalke youth product, initially broke into the club’s first-team squad in the 2016-17 campaign before going on to enjoy a breakthrough season last term.
The 21-year-old defender started 27 games in the Bundesliga in 2017-18 as Schalke finished second to Bayern Munich.
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Kehrer had agreed to a contract extension at the club, according to Heidel, but PSG then came in with an offer the club could not refuse.
“Without an offer of the dimension that PSG has given us, Thilo would have certainly extended,” Heidel told a news conference on Sunday.
“We have basically agreed on a contract with Paris.
“The transfer will have an economic significance that Schalke 04 can not refuse.”
The signing of Kehrer will likely bring PSG’s pursuit of Bayern defender Jerome Boateng to an end.
Boateng – a reported target for Man Utd before the Premier League transfer window closed – has been linked with a switch to Parc des Princes to team up with compatriot Thomas Tuchel.