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– AC Milan have announced the signing of promising attacker Charles De Ketelaere from Club Brugge.
– The 21-year-old Belgium international has signed a five-year deal with the Serie A champions and joins for a reported fee of €36million.
– He said, “I am a guy who is mostly really calm, but I was a little bit overwhelmed, just didn’t know how to react.
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Official Statement: Charles De Ketelaere ➡️ https://t.co/VtKTmMciAo
Comunicato Ufficiale: Charles De Ketelaere ➡️ https://t.co/X3dTU6aXhp#ReadyToLeaveAMark #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/17kFVVPheF
— AC Milan (@acmilan) August 2, 2022
– “They say you cannot imagine until you are here and you feel the real warmth and passion of the fans and the club. It’s different than if you just speak with them.”
– De Ketelaere also explained his decision to leave Club Brugge: “Of course I am very happy with this next step. As a young player you have the ambition to be able to play at the top abroad as well.
– “I want to thank everyone at Club for all the opportunities I got there and it will be always be my home.”
https://twitter.com/c_de_ketelaere/status/1554140802888204289?s=21&t=tF7h-3LyicttXD1-eiY0tw
– De Ketelaere – who scored 18 goals in all competitions last season and has won eight senior caps for Belgium since his 2020 debut – had also been strongly linked with Premier League side Leeds United.
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#ReadyToLeaveAMark #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/stKWELQujW
— AC Milan (@acmilan) August 2, 2022
– At 19 years and 224 days old in October 2020, he became the second-youngest Belgian to score in the Champions League (behind Anthony Vanden Borre) when he netted for Brugge against Zenit St Petersburg.
https://twitter.com/c_de_ketelaere/status/1554573047079862274?s=21&t=tF7h-3LyicttXD1-eiY0tw
– De Ketelaere will wear the number 90 shirt, and joins fellow new arrivals at San Siro Divock Origi, Alessandro Florenzi and Junior Messias, with the latter two making their loan moves from last season permanent.
