Joane Gadou (foto: Uradni FB/TW/IG profil igralca)
RB Salzburg has signed 17-year-old defender Joane Gadou from Paris Saint-Germain for €10 million, making him one of the most expensive signings in the club's history.
RB Salzburg, the Austrian football powerhouse, has made headlines by signing Joane Gadou, a 17-year-old defender from Paris Saint-Germain, for a substantial fee of €10 million. This transfer makes Gadou the seventh most expensive signing in Salzburg's history, with the club's record fee being €13 million.
What makes this transfer particularly intriguing is that Gadou has yet to play a single match at the senior level, making him a relatively unknown quantity in professional football. Despite his lack of senior experience, Gadou has been a regular in youth teams, including France's national youth squads.
Standing nearly two meters tall, Gadou is already physically imposing, which has likely contributed to Salzburg's willingness to invest heavily in his potential.
Gadou has signed a three-year contract with the current runners-up of the Austrian Bundesliga, where he will aim to develop and make his mark. He had been with PSG since 2013.
Salzburg has been notably active in the transfer market this year, spending close to €30 million on new signings, a significant outlay by their standards.
This spending spree follows their failure to win the Austrian league last season, prompting the club to reinforce the squad to avoid a repeat. The team is now under the management of Pepijn Lijnders, formerly an assistant coach under Jürgen Klopp at Liverpool.
Salzburg started the new season with three consecutive wins but suffered a 3-2 defeat to Rapid Vienna in their fourth match.