Kevin Wimmer: Stoke City centre-back joins Rapid Vienna

Kevin Wimmer had one year left on his five-year Stoke contract

Stoke City centre-back Kevin Wimmer has joined Rapid Vienna in his native Austria on a permanent deal.

The 28-year-old, capped nine times by his country, joined Stoke for £18m from Tottenham in 2017 but has not featured for the Potters since January 2018.

Wimmer played all of his 19 Stoke games in the 2017-18 season, when they were relegated from the Premier League.

He has been on loan at German sides Karlsruhe and Hannover and Belgian club Mouscron over the past three seasons.

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