PSG completes the signature of Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting of Stoke for £ 13.5 million moments before the deadline

PSG announced the signing of Cameroon striker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting moments before the end of the transfer window on a two-year Stoke contract for £ 13.5 million.

Choupo-Moting played three seasons under Tuchel in the German club Mainz of 2011-14. He scored five goals in 32 games for Stoke, but had not played since their fall to the championship.

The other important matters of the night made sure that Lyon finally closed the transfer of the French striker Moussa Dembele from Celtic for a reported £ 22 million. Dembele, a fast 21-year-old striker, scored 51 times in 94 matches for the Glasgow side.

"We have fought two days and nights (to sign it)", said Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas on Canal Plus television.

& # 39; He is a young player who is determined to come to Lyon. The conversations with Celtic were blocked. We had to keep talking, be powerful, continue to increase the supply. & # 39;

PSG was quiet, with the clear priority to relieve players to generate income and reduce the wage bill.

PSG is still being investigated by UEFA for violating the Financial Fair Play rules after buying Neymar and Kylian Mbappe for a combined 402 million euros last season.

Tuchel, although he only has a two-year contract, is clearly building for the future. This month, PSG signed the 21-year-old defender Thilo Kehrer of the German club Schalke for a five-year contract. Others have given way to balance the books.

The third-choice keeper Kevin Trapp was on Friday loaned to the German club Eintracht Frankfurt – which sold him to PSG in 2015 – the day after the exciting winger Goncalo Guedes at the Spanish side Valencia.

PSG also sold Jean-Christophe Bahebeck to Utrecht – he loaned him to the Dutch club last season – and moved Jese on loan to Nantes.

They have further reduced the wage bill by loaning Argentinian midfielder Giovani Lo Celso to Real Betis.