Lukas Schmitz will wear the Werder diamond on his chest next season as the 22-year-old defender signed a four-year contract until 30 June 2015 with Bremen, Werder manager Klaus Allofs announced Friday. "We were able to agree on this transfer after some good talks with Schalke. Lukas is a motivated, young player who will give us options in our defence. He showed with Schalke that he can play on the left side," said Allofs. Head coach Thomas Schaaf was excited about the new acquisition. "We were going after him intensively the last couple of weeks and are happy that we were able to make it happen. We are bringing in a player who can develop with whom we would like to have success over the long haul," said the coach.