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The French international defender of RB Leipzig, Dayot upamecano, (22 years old) signed a five-year contract with Bayern Munich and will join that team from next season, the Bavarian club officially announced this Sunday.
The cost of the transfer was not communicated, but the press claims that the player, trained in RB Salzburg Austrian before moving on to Leipzig in 2017, he has an exit clause in his current club 43 million euros ($ 52 million).
This makes it the third most expensive signed in the history of distribution Munich, behind his compatriot Lucas Hernandez, which cost 80 million, of Atletico Madrid, Y Leroy Sané, which came from the city of Manchester.
The signing had already been advanced on Friday by the team’s sporting director Bayern, Hasan Salihamidzic in statements to the newspaper Bild. The club had not made the news official or revealed it Contract period, which is until 2026.
“It simply came to our notice then Dayot upamecano to come to FC Bayern“He said this Sunday Salihamidzic on the club’s website.
“Dayot will be a very important element for our team in the years to come. We are sure of that, “he said.
The player, three times international with the French team, had sounded like a possible incorporation of others great Europeans, including Chelsea and real Madrid.