West Ham United signal Germany worldwide Thilo Kehrer

Born within the metropolis of Tübingen in south west Germany to a German father and Burundian mom, Kehrer performed for native golf equipment TSG Tübingen and SSV Reutlingen earlier than becoming a member of Bundesliga membership VfB Stuttgart on the age of 14. Two years later, he moved north to Schalke 04, the place he captained the membership to the German U19 Championship in 2015.

Predominantly a centre-back, Kehrer can be snug in both full-back place and even performed often as a deep-lying midfielder as a teen, making his Bundesliga debut for Schalke in that place as a 19-year-old substitute towards Wolfsburg in February 2016.

At 20, the defender established himself in Schalke’s first crew in 2016/17, scored his first Bundesliga aim towards Borussia Dortmund and appeared eight instances because the membership reached the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals, then gained the UEFA European U21 Championship with Germany in the summertime of 2017.

After making 33 appearances for Schalke and catching the attention of a few of Europe’s largest golf equipment in 2017/18, Kehrer joined Paris Saint-Germain for a £33m payment in August 2018, then made his senior Germany debut in a pleasant worldwide with Peru the next month.

Since transferring to the French capital, Kehrer has made 128 appearances throughout 4 seasons, gained three Ligue 1 titles and began PSG’s 2020 and 2021 French Cup closing victories and 2020 UEFA Champions League closing defeat by Bayern Munich.

For Germany, the defender has been an everyday starter during the last 12 months, serving to his nation qualify for the World Cup finals in Qatar and make an unbeaten begin to their UEFA Nations League marketing campaign.

West Ham United wish to welcome Thilo to east London and need him all the most effective for his profession in Claret and Blue.