Dayot Upamecano will join Bayern Munich from RB Leipzig next season having agreed a five-year contract, the German champions sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic has confirmed.
Upamecano has long been linked with a move away from Leipzig after emerging as one of Europe s most highly-rated defenders.
In recent weeks the speculation had ramped up, with Liverpool, Chelsea and Bayern said to be the three clubs in the hunt for him.
Upamecano s agent recently confirmed the presence of a €42.5million release clause in the defender s contract, which he only signed last year.
And that is the figure Bayern are preparing to pay, with Salihamidzic revealing conversations reached their conclusion in the past week.
When asked by Sport Bild if he could confirm the transfer, Salihamidzic said: I can do that, and we are very happy about that at FC Bayern.
We had very good, intensive and professional discussions with Dayot and his advisor Volker Struth for many months.
We knew we had very tough competition. Upamecano is a young player, 22, whose qualities are already exceptionally developed.
