Turin transfer market, defense reinforcement: Lovato arrives from Salernitana

Juric finds the central defender he launched in Verona. For the 23-year-old he immediately faced the challenge as a former player against the Campania team on Sunday. Zima at Slavia Prague

From one grenade shirt to another. Matteo Lovato’s farewell to Salernitana had in practice been certified after the match against Roma directly by Pippo Inzaghi: “I thank Lovato and Daniliuc, who are leaving but gave us a big hand up until tonight, they were fantastic”. Now it is Torino that has made official the arrival, almost at the end of the transfer window, of the 23-year-old central defender from Iervolino’s club: “The Torino Football Club is pleased to announce that it has acquired 1919 from the Unione Sportiva Salernitana, on a temporary basis with an option for the definitive purchase, the right to the sporting performances of the footballer Matteo Lovato”.

immediately challenged by ex

A negotiation that had seen the decisive acceleration over the weekend, until the definitive closure of the deal also thanks to the player’s iron will to wear the Toro shirt. Under the Mole, however, Lovato is pleased to find Juric again, the coach who launched him in Verona. A modern central defender with good skills even in the development phase, he grew above all in the Padova youth team, where he made his first team debut in the 2019-20 season. Then Verona, Atalanta, the loan to Cagliari and the outright purchase of Salernitana. This season he has made 15 appearances between the championship and the Italian Cup. The calendar was fun with Matteo: on Sunday at the Olimpico Grande Torino Toro will challenge Salernitana. Immediately a challenge from an ex. Meanwhile, the transfer of defender Zima to Slavia Prague is also official. This is the Torino press release: “The Torino Football Club announces that it has definitively sold the right to the sporting performances of the footballer David Zima to Sportovní Klub Slavia Praha. Torino thanks David for the commitment, professionalism and seriousness that have always distinguished him in these years in the Granata and greets him with affectionate good luck for the continuation of his career”.

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