Gonzalo Higuain has completed his move to Juventus from Napoli
for a fee understood to be worth £75.3m.
Higuain has signed a four-year contract
worth £6.3m per season that will keep the forward at the club until 2020,
according to Sky Sports.
At £75.3m, this
makes the Argentine the third most expensive footballer in history
- behind Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The move has bumped Neymar out the third spot who moved to
Barcelona for a club record £71.5m.
Arsenal had been
extensively linked with the 28-year-old but the high-asking fee proved too much
for the north London club.
Juventus have
paid his full release clause after Higuain completed his medical in Madrid on
Friday.
Once confirmed by the clubs, the transfer will become the most
expensive deal in Serie A history.
Higuain is set
to replace Alvaro Morata who recently returned to the Bernabeu after Real
Madrid activated his buyback clause.
Having scored 36
goals in 35 appearances last season - a Serie A record - Higuain will provide a
more than suitable replacement to the Spaniard.
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