Werder Bremen on Friday announced that they have reached an agreement with Santos over the transfer of Brazilian attacking midfielder Wesley to the German club.
Wesley, 23, will sign a four-year contract with Bremen, who finished third in the Bundesliga last season.
The transfer fee was not divulged but was estimated to be in the region of 7.5 million euros.
Wesley will join up with his new team-mates next week but will not participate in the second leg of their Champions League play-off tie with Italian side Sampdoria next Tuesday.
“It’s always been my dream to play in a big championship for a big club, I’m super-happy,” Wesley told the Werder Bremen website.
The Brazilian will be expected to fill the gap left by German playmaker Mesut Oezil, who joined Real Madrid earlier this week.
The deal would also appear to signal the end of Bremen’s plans to sign French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, who is on strike at Marseille as he seeks to engineer a move away from the club.
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