The Ligue 1 champions have moved to further bolster their defensive ranks with the signing of a highly-rated Germany U21 international from Schalke <\/p>\n
Paris Saint-Germain have completed the \u20ac37 million (\u00a333m\/$42m) signing of Thilo Kehrer on a five-year contract from Schalke.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old is now tied to the Ligue 1 champions through to the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n
He is considered to be a useful addition at Parc des Princes for the present and future, with there still plenty of potential to be unlocked in the Germany U21 international.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Kehrer is delighted to have been given the opportunity to further his development in France, with the youngster excited to be joining an ambitious project.<\/p>\n He told PSG\u2019s official website <\/em> : \u201cIt is with much joy and ambition that I have signed for Paris Saint-Germain.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone in Europe knows how strong and exciting the Paris Saint-Germain project is and I couldn\u2019t think of a better club for me to continue my progression and reach my objectives.<\/p>\n \u201cI am going to meet some extraordinary team-mates and work with a coach that has done a great job in Germany in recent years.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is going to be important in helping me and I in turn hope to help the team with my qualities. I also can\u2019t wait to play at the Parc des Princes, a legendary stadium in European football.\u201d<\/p>\n PSG claim to have fended off interest from \u201cseveral big clubs\u201d to land Kehrer, with club chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi pleased to have emerged victorious in that particular transfer tussle.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWe are very happy to welcome a player with the quality of Thilo Kehrer into our squad.<\/p>\n \u201cDuring his career, Thilo has learnt to play different formations and in different positions, in defence and in midfield, and will offer a number of solutions to the coach, who already knows the player very well.<\/p>\n \u201cSeveral big clubs were chasing his signature, and he chose Paris Saint-Germain to continue his climb through the ranks of European football.<\/p>\n \u201cThis transfer is in keeping with our policy of producing, and attracting, the talented stars of tomorrow, with the aim of helping them improve alongside great and experienced players.\u201d<\/p>\n Kehrer has taken the vacant No.4 jersey at PSG.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ligue 1 champions have moved to further bolster their defensive ranks with the signing of a highly-rated Germany U21 international from Schalke Paris Saint-Germain have completed the \u20ac37 million (\u00a333m\/$42m) signing of Thilo Kehrer on a five-year contract from Schalke. The 21-year-old is now tied to the Ligue 1 champions through to the summer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n