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Callum Hudson-Odoi is now playing in the Bundesliga
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Leverkusen strengthens offensive
Bayer Leverkusen got off to a difficult start to the season: three defeats from four league games, with Karim Bellarabi and Amine Adli two long-term injuries on the offensive.
It should get better with Callum Hudson-Odoi.
As the club announced on Tuesday, the English winger is moving to the Bundesliga club on loan.
Hudson-Odoi comes from Chelsea.
According to Leverkusen's sporting director Simon Rolfes, the 21-year-old can help the Werkself immediately: "With him, our attacking game gets a special component.
We are very happy that this transfer worked out.«
Hudson-Odoi has played more than 100 competitive games at Chelsea and comes from the London club's youth department.
Under Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel, Hudson-Odoi occasionally played in a back five as a wing defender on the right side, but the 1.77 meter right foot is very versatile in terms of position.
He can also be used in more offensive roles on either side.
"The move to Germany is really exciting for me, and I can still play in the Champions League with Bayer 04 Leverkusen," Hudson-Odoi was quoted as saying in the club statement: "Kai Havertz has only good things for me in the Chelsea dressing room scored over Bayer 04.«
Erik ten Hag gets his dream player
Ajax pro Antony joins Manchester United.
The English record champions confirmed this in a statement.
The TV broadcaster Sky UK had already reported on Monday about an agreement between Amsterdam and Manchester.
Accordingly, United paid a transfer fee of 84 million pounds (about 98.9 million euros) for the 22-year-old Brazilian.
That would be record earnings for the Dutch champions and the second most expensive signing in club history for Manchester after Paul Pogba in 2016.
Last season, Antony scored eight goals in 23 league games.
He is considered a talented dribbler with an excellent start.
In Manchester he is reunited with Dutch manager Erik ten Hag, who joined United from Ajax in the summer.
Schalke loses central defenders
Malick Thiaw is moving from Schalke 04 to AC Milan, both clubs confirmed on Monday evening.
The offer of the Italian master was therefore too good.
"We always have to consider the economic aspects of all decisions - just like last winter, when we still rejected a change," Schalke sporting director Rouven Schröder was quoted as saying: "The general conditions are different now and financially so good that we can have now agreed to the transfer.«
There are various media reports on the transfer fee that Schalke should receive.
It should therefore probably be between a mid-single-digit million sum and around 10 million euros plus bonuses.
Thiaw is 21 years old and plays in central defence.
Born in Düsseldorf, he has been with the Royal Blues since 2015.
"I'm looking forward to the new challenge in Milan," he said in Schalke's club announcement.
Accordingly, Schalke is already looking for a replacement.
"Our plan is for us to be active again in central defense on the transfer market in order to keep the competition in the squad as high as possible," said Schröder.
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Paris continues to tinker with the midfield
French champions Paris Saint-Germain apparently
signed Fabián Ruiz
from SSC Napoli.
This was reported by several media unanimously.
"L'Équipe" wrote of a transfer fee of 20 million euros.
That would be a cheap price for Ruiz, the 26-year-old Spaniard is considered a top player, but his contract with Naples only runs until 2023.
It is already the third entry in the Paris midfield.
Vitinha (FC Porto) and Renato Sanches (Lille) had previously arrived.
This compensated for the departures of Georginio Wijnaldum (AS Roma) and Ander Herrera (Athletic Bilbao).
In addition,
Leandro Paredes
will probably leave the French capital.
PSG manager Christophe Galtier confirmed at a press conference on Tuesday that Paredes have reached an agreement with Juventus.
That's probably not enough: According to reports from "L'Èquipe" and the Spanish radio station "COPE", PSG is working on a transfer from
Carlos Soler
.
His contract with FC Valencia also expires in 2023, so he could be available for a low price.
Soler is 26 years old, and the central midfielder has 36 goals and 31 assists in 226 games for Valencia.
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