He goes to England for 40 million euros.
The young French striker from German club Hoffenheim Georginio Rutter will join Leeds in the coming hours for this sum after an agreement reached on Wednesday evening.
Information revealed by L'Equipe and confirmed by Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui in France.
This is the biggest transfer in the history of English training, for a contract until 2028.
The 20-year-old player, who plays with the France U23 team, joined the Bundesliga and Hoffenheim a year and a half ago after starting out as a professional in Ligue 1 with Rennes.
Georgino Rutter had made a convincing debut with Hoffenheim, who had no hesitation in extending it until 2026 a year ago.
The Frenchman scored eight league goals in his first Bundesliga season, finishing in ninth place.
A player adept at “spaces and percussion”
“His choice to leave Rennes may have come as a surprise, especially since he was starting to show himself.
But German football corresponds to him, it is committed, spectacular, turned towards the offensive, estimated a year ago his former coach in the youth category Jean-Claude Giuntini.
There are spaces, percussion, it fits perfectly with his profile.
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Rutter will therefore now discover the Premier League, where he could be associated in attack with the Spanish international Rodrigo.
The English, currently fourteenth in the championship, have another Frenchman in their ranks, goalkeeper Illan Meslier.