(Reuters) – 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 ($43.31 million).
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.
Leeds said that Rutter could make his debut against Brentford on Jan. 22.
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(Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
