Wolfsburg have signed Philipp Wollscheid on loan from Stoke City with a view to a permanent move next summer.
The 27-year-old former Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz defender fills a gap left by the sale of Dante to Nice earlier this summer.
"Wolfsburg have been an established top-third Bundesliga team in recent years and they now want to get back into Europe, and this is a very attractive challenge for me,'' Wollscheid said on the Bundesliga club's website.
"I'm sure we can realise this goal because we've got a strong team.''
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