Leeds United have signed French forward Georginio Rutter from Bundesliga side Hoffenheim for a club record fee, the Premier League club said on Saturday.
The 20-year-old Frenchman completed a five-and-a-half-year transfer deal. Financial details were not disclosed by Leeds but British media reported it was for a fee rising to 40 million euros .
Rutter scored 11 goals in 64 appearances for the Bundesliga club after joining from Stade Rennais in 2021. "Georginio is a good character and has enormous talent. No coach in the world likes to lose a player like him. But of course, I wish him all the best for his future," Hoffenheim head coach Andre Breitenreiter said.Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Pritha Sarkar
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