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Napoli’s record forward sparks a lot of enthusiasm
When the 2020/21 Season of Serie A this weekend, there will be a lot of summer signings destined to launch the race for their new clubs.
Here’s a look at the five new recruits to follow in Italy this season.
Napoli paid French club Lille a million euros record (348 million dirhams) to move Nigeria to southern Italy on a five-year contract.
Total prices are almost double the Napoli club’s past record of around 40 million euros, paid by Gonzalo Higuaín in 2013 and Hirving Lozano last year.
Osimhen arrives in Naples with a reputation after scoring 18 goals last season and one of France’s short-season revelations with thirteen goals in Ligue 1, while Lille finished fourth.
“For me, being here is a leap of quality,” said the 21-year-old.
Napoli finished seventh in Serie A and qualified for the Europa League after winning the Italian Cup, his first trophy in six years.
Weston McKennie joined Juventus on a one-season loan from Bundesliga club Schalke and will be the first American to play for the Italian champions.
McKennie, 22, moved to Turin for a down payment of 4. 5 million euros. The agreement includes a bond for Juventus to buy the midfielder for 18. 5 million euros if the objectives are met this season.
The U. S. alien spent four years in Germany and made 91 appearances for Schalke, but the Bundesliga club found itself in a dangerous monetary situation after the coronavirus pandemic.
“Playing with Cristiano Ronaldo, seeing how he moves and how he works will bring me benefits,” said McKennie, forward in Juventus’ first game against Sampdoria on Sunday.
Real Madrid side Achraf Hakimi has joined Inter Milan in Serie A for a payment of 40 million euros plus five million euros in bonuses.
After the sale, Madrid negotiated a clause that granted them the first denial of the Moroccan foreigner for the next five years.
Hakimi, who spent the last two seasons on loan at Borussia Dortmund of the Bundesliga, has joined the Serie A finalist on a contract until June 2025.
The speedy winger will bolster Antonio Conte’s defense, occupying the right flank where neither Antonio Candreva nor Victor Moses convinced last season.
Kosovo’s foreign striker Vedat Muriqi arrives from Turkish Fenerbahce to Lazio’s most sensible Serie A goalscorer, Ciro Immobile, when the club returns to the Champions League after a 13-year break.
Simone Inzaghi’s team reportedly spent 20 million euros on the 26-year-old striker as part of a five-year contract.
Immobile scored 36 goals last season when the Romans ran for their first Serie A name since 2000, completing fourth after a point away from Juventus before the coronavirus broke.
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Atalanta has hired flexible Russian offensive midfielder Aleksei Miranchuk of Lokomotiv Moscow just after he started his eighth Champions League with Slovenian striker Josip Illcic absent due to non-public issues.
Miranchuk scored 12 in the Russian league last season and two against Juventus in the Champions League.
The Bergamo team has paid 20 million euros for the 24-year-old, who can play in a central offensive midfielder role or as an winger in any of last season’s most sensitive Serie A goalscorers.
Miranchuk will be separated from his double brother Anton for the first time after his appearance in combination with Lokomotiv and the Russian national team.