Valencia CF have reached an agreement with AS Mónaco to sign central defender Aymen Abdennour. The 26 year-old Tunisian has passed a medical this Saturday and signed a 5-year contract, through to June 30th, 2020.

Abdennour spoke to ‘valenciacf.com’ after the deal was made official, and commented that "I chose Valencia CF out of all the offers I received, because it is a big club in Spain and Europe. I had no doubts. I am happy to be here and to be part of an ambitious and serious project, and I would like to thank the technical staff, Lay Hoon and Peter Lim. I will give my all to have a good season with my new teammates. Everyone knows Valencia CF because they have won a lot of trophies. I am delighted to be joining the best league in the world and hope to play well for the team."

Club Chairwoman, Lay Hoon Chan, expressed her happiness with the arrival of the new signing: “Aymen is one of the best defenders in Europe , strong and young with big potential. I am happy that he has shown great interest and commitment in our project at the very first moment."

Abdennour joins from AS Monaco, for whom he played 26 games last season. He began his career in Europe at Werder Bremen, before spells at Toulouse and AS Monaco. The player is a full international for Tunisia.