New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Paris Saint-Germain signed Ukraine defender Illia Zabarnyi from Bournemouth on a five-year contract Tuesday for a reported 63 million euros ($76 million).

The 22-year-old center back joins the European champions after 2 1/2 years at Bournemouth, which has seen its defense ripped apart this offseason. Fellow center back Dean Huijsen has left for Real Madrid and left back Milos Kerkez signed for Liverpool.

However, those sales earned Bournemouth 172 million euros (about 150 million pounds sterling).

Zabarnyi will compete for a place at the heart of the PSG defense with Marquinhos and Willian Pacho.

"I'm very happy to join Paris Saint-Germain," Zabarnyi said. "I am here to give everything I have on the pitch and I'm...