Nigel de Jong completes Mainz 05 move

Bundesliga outfit Mainz 05 sign experienced midfielder Nigel de Jong on a free transfer following his release from Galatasaray.

By Matt Law, Football Editor | 05 January 2018

Bundesliga outfit Mainz 05 have signed experienced midfielder Nigel de Jong on a free transfer.

De Jong left Turkish side Galatasaray by mutual consent on Friday, and his move to Mainz was confirmed shortly after.

The 33-year-old, who has previously represented Manchester City, has joined the German outfit on a contract until the end of the 2017-18 campaign.

"I like Mainz's story, the club has established itself in the Bundesliga off its own back," De Jong told the club's official website.

"I want to help the team and the club achieve its aims this season. I'm really pleased to be back in the Bundesliga, one of Europe's top leagues."

De Jong will join a team that are currently 15th in the Bundesliga table - just two points clear of 16th-placed Werder Bremen after 17 matches of the 2017-18 campaign.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Bayer Leverkusen B. Leverkusen	32	26	6	0	82	23	59	84
2	Stuttgart	33	22	4	7	74	39	35	70
3	Bayern Munich Bayern	32	22	3	7	90	41	49	69
4	RB Leipzig	33	19	7	7	75	37	38	64
5	Borussia Dortmund Dortmund	33	17	9	7	64	43	21	60
6	Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt	33	11	13	9	49	48	1	46
7	Freiburg	33	11	9	13	44	56	-12	42
8	Hoffenheim	32	11	7	14	56	64	-8	40
9	Heidenheim	33	9	12	12	46	54	-8	39
10	Augsburg	33	10	9	14	49	58	-9	39
11	Werder Bremen	33	10	9	14	44	53	-9	39
12	Wolfsburg	32	10	7	15	40	51	-11	37
13	Borussia Monchengladbach Borussia M'bach	33	7	13	13	56	63	-7	34
14	VfL Bochum VfL Bochum	32	7	12	13	41	65	-24	33
15	Mainz 05 Mainz	33	6	14	13	36	50	-14	32
16	Union Berlin Union Berlin	33	8	6	19	31	57	-26	30
17	FC Koln	33	5	12	16	27	56	-29	27
R	SV Darmstadt 98 Darmstadt	32	3	8	21	30	76	-46	17