BASEL, Switzerland — Ghana international Samuel Inkoom has joined Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on a four-year deal from Swiss champion Basel. Basel says on its website it allowed Inkoom to leave despite having him under contract for two more seasons.

Swiss media reports say Basel will receive around 7 million Swiss francs ($7.4 million; €5.4 million) for the 21-year-old defender.

Inkoom played on Ghana's under-20 World Cup-winning team in 2009 and the senior side which reached the World Cup quarterfinals last year. Basel immediately signed a replacement, getting 25-year-old Markus Steinhoefer from Eintracht Frankfurt.

Steinhoefer, a former Germany under-21 international, has signed a 2-1/2-year contract.