Galatasaray have officially announced the arrival of Nicolo Zaniolo on a definitive transfer from Roma.
The 23-year-old Italian forward grew unhappy in the Italian capital this season and tried to force through a move away from the club in the January transfer window, keen to join Milan.
The Rossoneri failed to agree a deal with Roma and Zaniolo initially rejected a move to Bournemouth before changing his mind, but by then the Cherries have moved onto other targets. The situation left the 23-year-old as a spare part in Rome and it became clear that his time with the club was drawing to a close.
As seen on the Turkish FA’s website, Zaniolo has officially joined Galatasaray on a four-and-a-half-year deal, reported to be worth around €3.5m net per season plus add-ons.
His contract also contains a release clause, set at around €35m, and Roma have a future resale clause set at 15%, which would earn them €5.25m should the release clause be triggered.
Galatasaray will pay Roma €16.5m plus €13m in add-ons, half of which are easy to achieve and some that are more difficult, reports suggest.
Roma kept their official statement brief, saying: “AS Roma can confirm that an agreement has been reached with Galatasaray for Nicolo Zaniolo. The forward has completed a move to the Turkish club on a permanent basis.
“Zaniolo joined the Giallorossi in the summer of 2018, going on to make 128 appearances for the club in all competitions – scoring 24 goals.”
Ooh nooo looks like Lorenzo Bettoni won’t have any more articles after this move. He only writes about Zaniolo and bashes at him all the time. What to write about now since this is the most positive article I’ve heard about Zaniolo from football Italia in a very long time