Former Fortuna Düsseldorf star Tzolis joins Premier League champions Arsenal | OneFootball

Christos Tzolis signed a five-year contract at Arsenal after completing his €40 million transfer from Club Brugge. The Greece international was a 2. Bundesliga top-scorer during his time at Fortuna Düsseldorf.

After an initial loan deal from Norwich City, Düsseldorf permanently signed the player for €3.5 million. However, their failure to win promotion to Bundesliga meant that they had to sell him for only €6.5 million to Club Brugge.

Tzolis scored 24 goals and assisted a further 10 in only 37 games for Fortuna Düsseldorf. He continued his goal-scoring form with Club Brugge in the past two seasons, winning the “Player of the Season” accolade in the Jupiler Pro League last term.

According to Sky, Fortuna Düsseldorf will not receive any payment from the transfer. Die Fortunen will compete in 3. Liga for the first time since 2009 as they suffered a costly relegation from 2. Bundesliga only a couple of years after Tzolis nearly helped them to a Bundesliga return.

In addition to his league-high 22 goals, Tzolis scored a memorable panenka to send Düsseldorf to the 2023/24 semi-final of the DFB-Pokal in the penalty shootout win over St. Pauli. Arsenal are also exploring the deal to sign RB Leipzig sensation Yan Diomande, although PSG lead the race as of right now.