Leonardo Bonucci completes his £35million move to AC Milan from Serie A champs Juventus
LEONARDO BONUCCI has completed his £35million move to AC Milan from Serie A champions Juventus.
The deal was confirmed last week but only now has the defender put pen to paper on the five-year deal at the San Siro.
Leonardo Bonucci has completed his shock move to AC MilanAP:Associated PressLeonardo Bonucci had been an integral figure in the Juventus set-upGetty Images
The defender’s five-year contract will earn him £110,000 a week after tax, while the fee could be subject to £1.7m in add-ons.
Both clubs had monitored his situation carefully this time around, but the player does not want to leave Italy for personal reasons.
Bonucci has been a regular in the Juventus side that has swept all before them in Italy in recent years, winning the Serie A title for the last six seasons.
He has also won the Coppa Italia on three occasions but his last match for the Turin side came at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in May.
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Leonardo Bonucci has won 70 caps for international side ItalyGetty ImagesLeonardo Bonuci has been at Juventus since joining from Bari in 2010Rex Features
Bonucci has also made 300 appearances for Juve, scoring 18 times, since signing from Bari in August 2010.
When the news broke, Juventus legend Alessandro Del Piero spoke for many Juve fans when he said: “I thought it was a joke.”
He told Sky Italia: “It’s very surprising. I would never have thought anything like this could happen.”
Many Italian football commentators wonder if this shock move spells the end of Juventus’ reign as supreme rulers in Serie A.
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