German Bundesliga defending Champions, Bayern Munich have completed the signing of Atletico Madrid left-back, Lucas Hernandez, who was part of the France team that won the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The 23-year-old Atlético Madrid and France defender has agreed to join the Bundesliga champions in June after Bayern met his €80m release clause. Bayern Munich have consented to an arrangement to sign Atlético Madrid and France left-back Lucas Hernández at the end of this current season in the wake of meeting the player’s 80-million-euro release clause.
Bayern have been observing the 23-year-old for quite a while and were close to signing him in the January window but Diego Simeone made it plain to the club’s progressive system that he needed the World Cup champion to stay at the Metropolitano. However, Hernández will presently move to the Bundesliga champions in the late spring subsequent to concurring terms on a five-year contract at the Allianz Arena.
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“I’m very happy to be able to sign one of the best defenders in the world, a World Cup winner, in Lucas Hernandez. Lucas can play both in central defence and at left-back. Moreover, Lucas will continue our great tradition of French footballers and improve our team,” Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic said in a statement on the Bavarian club’s website.
The departure of Hernández will come as a blow to Argentine manager Diego Simeone and Atlético, with the club having been knocked out of the Champions League and viably the Liga title race after misfortunes to Juventus and Betis before the international break. To add injury to insult for Simeone, Bayern likewise declared that a knee issue that has sidelined Hernández as of late is not kidding enough for surgery to that after dialogs with Atlético it was concurred that the France safeguard would go under the blade in the coming days, effectively finishing his season and his Atlético vocation all at once.
“During the medical examination, we found damage to the medial collateral ligament in his right knee that must be remedied through surgery. Based on experience, Lucas Hernandez will be available for FC Bayern by the start of the 2019/20 Bundesliga season,” Bayern’s club doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt was quoted as saying on the club website.
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