Chelsea blow as Nordi Mukiele completes £13.5m PSG transfer from RB Leipzig as he signs five-year deal at Ligue 1 giants
NORDI MUKIELE has been confirmed as Paris Saint-Germain player - in a blow to Thomas Tuchel and Chelsea.
The defender has joined Les Parisiens from RB Leipzig in a deal worth a reported £13.5million.
Mukiele's signing is the latest disappointment for Chelsea, with reports over the weekend Barcelona had agreed a £51m deal with Sevilla for long-term target Jules Kounde.
On top of that the Blues missed out on the signing of Raphinha to Barca earlier in the window.
Chelsea were also claimed to have been keen on signing Mukiele.
They were thought to have been willing to let Timo Werner return to Leipzig as part of a deal to sign Mukiele.
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Now though all hopes of signing the one-cap France international have been dashed.
But this time it is PSG, not Barcelona, who have fended off the Blues to a signing.
Mukiele has penned a five-year contract with PSG and will return to play in the city of his birth this season.
The deal is worth £13.5m, including add-ons, according to
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Mukiele is a versatile defender, and can play both right-back and centre-back.
Speaking after putting pen to paper with the French giants, Mukiele said it was a "dream" to be heading back to Paris after a four-year spell with Leipzig.
The defender told : "Playing for your hometown team is obviously a dream.
"I grew up in the Paris region, in Montreuil to be more specific, so playing for Paris is a massive honour for me, for my friends and for my family, and I'm really happy to have worked so hard to be here today."
And Mukiele is "sure" he made the right choice to join PSG - despite having others from other clubs on the table.
When asked about interest from elsewhere, he said: "When I found out that Paris were interested in me and that they wanted me to come here, I obviously gave it some thought because it was really important.
"This is a huge step in my career. It's not a choice to be taken lightly, but I think and I'm sure that I made the right one."