Luton Town have announced the signing of Tom Krauß on a season-long loan deal from Bundesliga side Mainz.

The 23-year-old will move to Kenilworth Road for the season after two campaigns as a regular in the German top flight. He becomes Luton’s third signing of the week following the previously announced arrivals of Mark McGuinness and Liam Walsh.

Krauß had spent the last two seasons as a regular in the Bundesliga, making 32 appearances for Schalke on loan from his hometown club RB Leipzig in the 2022/23 season and then 29 for Mainz last season, having joined Mainz from Leipzig in 2023.

As well as top flight experience, Krauß has also been capped through the German national team set-up, winning 14 caps for the German under-21s and scoring three goals.

The Hatters’ manager Rob Edwards told the club’s official website that he was keen to see what Krauß could offer once he returned from an injury picked up in training.

He said, “Once we knew there was an opportunity and an interest, we undertook a lot of work to look at Tom – and he’s shown he’s a player that suits Luton Town really, really well.

“He’s 23 but has a wealth of experience in the Bundesliga and is an under-21 international. He’s young but he’s hungry to find a home again. He’s at an age where he’s still got lots of room for growth.

“What we like about Tom is that he’s aggressive, full of running, wants to press, wants to play and wants to recover the ball quickly.

“We won’t get to see Tom straight away – he’s recovering having picked up a slight knock while in training with Mainz recently – but what’s been brilliant for us is how keen he is to join – he’s the one pushing it, he wants to play for us.

“That speaks volumes; how far we’ve come and our level of ambition, to take a player with so much experience of the German top-flight.”