Beukema, who has signed for five years, made the switch from Bologna to the southern Italian club for 31 million euros, where he became a teammate of Noa Lang, Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku. Beukema is currently with Napoli at a training camp in the mountains of Trentino in northern Italy.
Bologna makes a nice topper with the defender, who was taken over from AZ two years ago for 8 million euros. Beukema, who enjoyed his education at Go Ahead Eagles, has finished 80 duels for Bologna and scored two goals in it. This season the defender won the cup with Bologna and last season he managed to qualify with the club for the Champions League.
Italian media: Sam Beukema (26) for mega and from Bologna to Napoli
Cash register for AZ
Due to the transfer klapper, the cash register at AZ again, which stipulated a resale percentage two years ago. AZ also collected resale percentages this summer for the transfers from Tijjani Reijnders (from AC Milan to Manchester City) and Milos Kerkez (from Bournemouth to Liverpool) and collected 15 million for Jayden Addai (from Bologna) and 15.8 million euros for Ruben van Bommel (from PSV). As a result, the money warehouse in Alkmaar was full of this summer.