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Stade Rennais' Diagne joins Bremen

Xinhua, July 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Werder Bremen have signed defender Fallou Diagne from French outfit Stade Rennais, the Bundesliga club confirmed on Friday.

The "Green-Whites" have bolstered up their defence with immediate effect as Fallou Diagne put pen to paper on a three-year deal, which keeps him at Bremen until June 2019.

"Fallou is a very well-trained player who made the next step in his development," Bremen's sporting director Frank Baumann said. "He is with his 26 years already a seasoned centre back, who gained some experience in France as well in the Bundesliga with Freiburg."

The 26-year-old new arrival played from 2012 until 2014 at Freiburg before he joined Rennais to score five goals in 35 appearances. Diagne debuted for Senegal's national team in May 2016.

Werder Bremen see German record champions Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga curtain raiser on August 26. Endit