RB Leipzig unveils Jean-Kevin Augustin; joins from PSG for reported €13M
Jean-Kevin Augustin is no longer at Paris Saint-Germain.
On Thursday, RasenBallsport Leipzig unveiled Augustin, as the French forward joined the "gravediggers of football" from PSG on a five-year contract. Kicker reported that the transfer, which marks the German club's sixth signing of the summer transfer window, is valued in the region of €13 million.
🖊 #RBLeipzig have unveiled a new signing: Jean-Kévin #Augustin!
— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) July 6, 2017
The 20-year-old forward has joined from @PSG_English on a five-year deal. pic.twitter.com/OMWyfdLLhW
"I'm very pleased to be a RB Leipzig player," Augustin said. "I want to help out the team with my offensive versatility."
Augustin, who represented all of France's youth teams and debuted for PSG's first team in 2015, tallied one goal and two assists through 10 appearances in Ligue 1 last season, all but one of which were as a substitute. The youngster was the top scorer at the European Under-19 Championship in 2016 and found the back of the net in the final as Les Bleus beat Italy 4-0.
6 - @33_augustin (@RBLeipzig_EN) scored 6 times on German soil during the U19 championship 2016. Familiar.#Augustin #RBLeipzig pic.twitter.com/97aXSFWZdU
— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) July 6, 2017
Augustin also took the pitch at the Under-20 World Cup, where he tallied four goals as France's top scorer at the tournament. Les Bleus crashed out in the knockout stage, falling 2-1 to Italy.
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