Norwich sign Swiss defender Klose from Wolfsburg

Published 01/19/2016, 5:00 AM EST

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LONDON (Reuters) – Swiss international defender Timm Klose has joined Norwich City from Germany’s Vfl Wolfsburg on a three-and-a-half year deal as the Premier League side’s fourth signing of the January transfer window.

Norwich, currently 16th in the 20-team league, did not disclose a fee for the 27-year-old centre-back who has made 39 appearances for the side that finished runners-up to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga last season.

Klose follows winger Matt Jarvis, Portugal under-21 right back Ivo Pinto and teenage midfielder Ben Godfrey to the Canaries’ Carrow Road ground.

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“Timm has got plenty of experience having played in the Bundesliga, in the Champions League and for his country,” manager Alex Neil told the club website (www.canaries.co.uk).

“As a player, he’s got good technical ability and he’s solid in the air.”

Switzerland were group runners-up to England in Euro 2016 qualifying.

“When I started football, for me it was always a dream to play in the Premier League and now Norwich have given me a big chance,” said Frankfurt-born Klose.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by John Stonestreet)

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