Brentford complete permanent signing of Kevin Schade with club-record fee of £20m

Brentford completes the final signing of Kevin Schade for a club record fee of £20m as striker joins from Freiburg on five-year contract after impressing on loan

  • Brentford has paid £22 million to make Kevin Schade’s loan permanent
  • Schade joined Freiburg on loan in January and made 19 appearances
  • The 21-year-old, who played twice for Germany, has signed a five-year contract

Brentford has completed the final signing of German striker Kevin Schade for a record £22 million.

The 21-year-old Schade came on loan from the Bees in January and has now signed a five-year contract.

Brentford director of football Phil Giles told the club’s official website: “When Kevin joined us on loan in January, we agreed with Freiburg that the move would become permanent this summer if certain conditions were met, including that Brentford be transferred next year a Premier League team remains.” season.

“We are all happy with Kevin’s contribution so far, both on the pitch and his professionalism off the pitch, so to have him with us now until 2028 is fantastic for the club.

Brentford has completed the final signing of German striker Kevin Schade

“We all hope that both Kevin and Brentford can make further progress from here and look forward to the challenge.”

Schade played 19 games for the Bees in the second half of last season.

He is still waiting for his first goal for the club as he contributed one assist, although he clearly did enough to impress.

Schade played 19 games for the Bees in the second half of last season

Schade played 19 games for the Bees in the second half of last season