Paris: Ivory Coast international defender Serge Aurier has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a season-long loan from fellow French top-flight side Toulouse, the Ligue 1 champions announced on Wednesday.

The deal, which includes an option for PSG to make the move permanent, will see Aurier, 21, compete for the right-back spot at the Parc des Princes along with Dutch international Gregory van der Wiel.

“We are particularly delighted to welcome this young player to our club,” said PSG president Nasser Al Khelaifi, who called Aurier “one of the most promising young players in world football”.

Aurier was voted the best right-back in France last season and shone for Ivory Coast at the World Cup in Brazil despite his country’s elimination in the group stage.

“To play at PSG with these fantastic players is a childhood dream,” said Aurier. “I will give everything to help the team reach the top.”

Aurier, who will wear the number 19, becomes the capital club’s second recruit of the transfer window following the arrival of Brazil defender David Luiz from Chelsea.

Earlier on Wednesday, PSG allowed defender Christophe Jallet to join Lyon in a deal worth up to €1 million (Dh4.94).

Meanwhile, US defender DaMarcus Beasley, who last month became the first American to play in four World Cups, has signed with the Houston Dynamo, the Major League Soccer team announced on Wednesday.

Dynamo traded midfielder Warren Creaville to Toronto on Wednesday in order to obtain rights to sign Beasley, who started all four matches in Brazil for Jurgen Klinsmann’s US World Cup squad.

“DaMarcus has had a great career, as we saw at the World Cup,” Dynamo coach Dom Kinnear said. “To bring in a player of his quality is a big plus for the team.”

Beasley has 120 caps and has made 11 World Cup match appearances.

“I am excited and ready to start this new chapter in my career,” Beasley said. “I feel fit and ready to go and hope Dom will see my work ethic and desire to play at a high level.”

Beasley, 32, spent the past three seasons with Puebla of the Mexican league but prior career stops have included Hannover, Rangers, Manchester City, PSV Eindhoven and Chicago.

“I am thrilled that DaMarcus will be joining our club, Dynamo president Chris Canetti said. “It’s exciting to have a player with such decorated credentials here with us.”