Vidal officially signs for Inter Milan ... and one million euros in payments to Barcelona
Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal signed today his transfer contract from Barcelona to Inter, with a two-year contract with an option to extend for a third year for a million euros, according to what the two teams announced.
"Barcelona and Inter Milan have reached an agreement regarding the transfer of Arturo Vidal," Barcelona said in a statement. "The Italian team will pay Barcelona one million euros in installments."
The 33-year-old arrived yesterday evening in Milan and conducted a routine medical examination in preparation for completing his transfer to the coach Antonio Conte's team, where he will play again under the latter's leadership after he won the Italian League title three times during the Chilean passage of Juventus between 2011 and 2015.
"Starting today, Vidal will be in the front line for Nerazzurri, with the same goals always: to fight, give his all and win. He will be the sixth Chilean player to defend Inter's colors. The first was Ivan Zamorano, who was also born as a fighter," Inter said on his official website. David Pitsaro, Luis Jimenez, Gary Medel and (current team player) Alexis Sanchez. "
He concluded his lengthy statement about the player's life and football career, saying, "It is confirmed. He arrived in Milan, and he is a player in + Nerazzurri +. Welcome to Inter, Arturo!"
The Chilean became outside the accounts of Barcelona, who moved to its ranks in 2018, after the arrival of Dutch coach Ronald Koeman this summer to succeed Quique Setien.
Vidal won league titles in four of the five teams that he defended during his professional career, whether he was in his hometown with Colo-Colo, Juventus, Bayern Munich, who played in his ranks between 2015 and 2018 or Barcelona, while he left empty-handed with one team, Bayer. Leverkusen, a German who had his first experience away from his country (2007-2011).
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