From Ligue 2
Major League Soccer side Austin FC have signed Senegalese youth international Moussa Djitté from Grenoble. The striker joins the club for a fee in the region of €1.5 million and is part of MLS’s new U22 youth initiative. Djitté signed a contract that will keep him at the club until 2024 with an option for one additional year.
“We are pleased to welcome Moussa to Austin FC,” Austin FC sporting director Claudio Reyna said in a club statement. “He is an ascending and promising young player with a bright future ahead of him. As the Club continues to work on adding quality players to the roster, we believe Djitté is ready to contribute in the immediate term.”
Austin hope that Djitté will be ready to play for the club at the end of the month once he has been registered and fulfilled all necessary health and quarantine protocols. Once complete, Djitté will become one of the five most expensive signings in Austin’s still very young club history.
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He’s #VERDE now.
Welcome to Austin FC, Moussa Djitté!
— Austin FC (@AustinFC) June 30, 2021
