Paris Saint-Germain have made an approach for Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, according to the German club's CEO Heribert Bruchhagen. Trapp, 24, signed a new contract at Frankfurt last season, tying him to the side until 2019, but is reported to have a €9 million release clause in his contract. Bild reports Trapp flew to Paris on June 4 to hold contract negotiations with the Ligue 1 champions. Bruchhagen told Sport1 "We know that there has been an offer and Paris approached Kevin." Trapp joined Frankfurt from Kaiserslautern in 2012 for a reported fee of €1.5 million and has played 75 Bundesliga matches for Eintracht since then. He played seven times for the Germany under-21s until 2008, but has failed to break into Joachim Low's senior side since then. New Eintracht manager Armin Veh said: "In football you have to be open for discussions. There are only a few clubs like Bayern [Munich] that can afford to refuse to negotiate." Veh added to Frankfurter Rundschau: "It has to be our aim to buy a player for cheap and sell him expensively. If you achieve that you made a good purchase." Frankfurt have already agreed terms with a possible successor for Trapp, according to Austrian paper Kurier, with Heinz Lindner set to join on a free transfer from Austria Vienna. Lindner, who has played seven times for the Austrian national side, has already announced his departure from Austria. "Several times I had the opportunity to make a move abroad and it never worked out. Now I am a free agent in my best years," Lindner is quoted by Bild.
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