{"id":37022,"date":"2021-02-13T17:21:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T17:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=37022"},"modified":"2021-02-13T16:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T16:52:03","slug":"upamecanos-exit-from-rb-leipzig-confirmed-new-club-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/upamecanos-exit-from-rb-leipzig-confirmed-new-club-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Upamecano\u2019s exit from RB Leipzig confirmed, new club revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Bayern Munich director, Hasan Salihamidzic, has confirmed the club has signed Dayot Upamecano from RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>Upamecano, 22, has previously been linked with Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>However, the French defender is now set to remain in Germany when he leaves Leipzig in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Upamecano is believed to have a release clause worth \u20ac42.5 million, which Bayern have activated in principle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDayot Upamecano will play for Bayern for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy about it at FC Bayern.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had very good, intensive and professional discussions with Dayot and his advisor Volker Struth for many months. We knew that we had very strong competition,\u201d Salihamidzic told Bild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bayern Munich director, Hasan Salihamidzic, has confirmed the club has signed Dayot Upamecano from RB Leipzig. Upamecano, 22, has previously been linked with Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. However, the French defender is now set to remain in Germany when he leaves Leipzig in the summer. 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