His name had been circulating for a few days and it is finally a reality. Jens Cajuste signed on Monday evening with Stade de Reims for a period of 4 and a half years until 2026. The 22-year-old midfielder, a great hope for Swedish football, comes from Danish club FC Midtylland. Several clubs including the English of Newcastle and the French club of Rennes had their eyes riveted on this promising player. The sums advanced to buy back his contract were estimated at more than 10 million euros. If the amount of the transfer has not been revealed, the Reims club has above all succeeded in convincing this midfielder to join Ligue 1 in Reims. Jens Cajuste already has experience at the highest level since he played 6 Europa League matches but above all 4 Champions League matches with the Danish club. He is also a Swedish international with 8 caps, he even played in Euro 2020 last summer. Jens Cajuste will be qualified for the next against Stade Delaune against Metz. A stadium that he had already discovered, a little less than 2 years ago when Midtylland came to play a friendly preparation match on August 15, 2020, he had played 45 minutes.
With this second winter recruit after the Belgian Maxime Busi who arrived last week, the Stade de Reims strikes a blow at the start of the transfer window. And also shows its attractiveness and the seriousness of its recruitment unit.
On the starting side, midfielder Mathieu Cafaro leaves the Stade de Reims. He joined the Belgian club Standard de Liège. Defender Fodé Doucouré is loaned to the Red Star National club. A loan with no purchase option until the end of the season. If the Rémois have been very active on the transfer market, we will now have to study the many offers that will shake this transfer window around Hugo Ekitiké. Stade de Reims set the bar at 30 million euros to cede its top scorer which would be a record.