Official: RB Leipzig confirm Elmas signing from Napoli 

Bundesliga facet RB Leipzig have formally confirmed the signing of Napoli midfielder Eljif Elmas on a four-and-a-half yr contract, which is able to run till the summer season of 2028. 

Leipzig have added that Elmas will meet up together with his new teammates for the primary time once they journey to their winter coaching camp in La Manga, Spain on January 2. 

Current studies counsel that the East German facet have forked out a payment within the area of €25m for Elmas’s companies, a sum which is able to assist Napoli usher in a direct substitute within the January switch window. 

Elmas had already accomplished his medicals in Germany in direction of the tip of December and pictures of his contract signing started to emerge on-line shortly afterwards. 

The 24-year-old agreed to hitch Napoli in a deal price €19m together with bonuses from Fenerbahce in July 2019. 

Since then, he has gone on to make 189 whole appearances for the Partenopei, 143 of which got here in Serie A, together with 14 league objectives and an additional 5 throughout Europe and the Coppa Italia. 

Elmas is at the moment within the last levels of his restoration from a current hamstring damage, however it’s anticipated that he can be again to full health by the flip of the brand new yr. 

RB Leipzig’s first match after the Bundesliga winter break can be towards Eintracht Frankfurt on the Pink Bull Enviornment on January 13, kicking off at 14.30 GMT.