Bundesliga runners-up VfB Stuttgart completed the signing of Cameroon defender Serge Branco.
The 22-year-old Branco has been on trial with the club since pre-season and has impressed enough to earn a one-year contract at the Gottlieb-Daimler Stadium.
Branco played under Stuttgart coach Felix Magath when the pair were together at Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2000/01 season.
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