Danish central defender Simon Kjaer has joined French side Lille from Wolfsburg on a four-yeal deal, the Ligue 1 club announced on Friday.
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Local media reported that Lille paid €2 million to secure the services of the 24-year-old, who has been capped 35 times at international level.
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"I think it's the right choice for me now to come here.
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I'm very happy to call myself a Lille player," Kjaer told LOSC.fr.
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"Everyone knows about Ligue 1 with Paris Saint- Germain and Monaco now and I find the league a very interesting one. I can't wait to get started."
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Kjaer joined Wolfsburg from Palermo in 2010, spending the 2011/12 season on loan at Roma, and is expected to replace Cameroonian Aurelien Chedjou, who left Lille for Turkish club Galatasaray.
Defenders are very important in teams so I don't blame clubs when they go for defenders first. Experience is very important....