In the final moments of the transfer market, the Granata club grants Juric the striker he desired. Duvan, arrives on loan with a buyout clause that can become an obligatiory upon achieving certain sporting goals.
Urbano Cairo (Torino’s president), secures a last-minute super deal: Duvan Zapata is a new Torino striker. He will wear the number 91, while the player he had passed his medical examinations in the morning.
There is Zapata-mania already going and erupting in Turin: as the Torino fans got out to cheer on their new striker, as chanted by them: “One of the strongest center-forwards in Italian football has arrived in Granata”.
ZAPATA WANTS TO WIN IMMEDIATELY
Zapata bid farewell to Atalanta, where he spent the last five seasons. Torino has gifted Juric with a striker who has scored 109 goals in Serie A in 284 appearances, totaling 117 goals in 341 matches played in Italian football.
“Now we have to immediately win the first Serie A match – referring to Torino vs. Cagliari on Sunday. The club and the fans have shown me great affection from the start, and I am very happy to be at Torino,” he said.
“There is a lot of enthusiasm for my arrival, and I want to repay this affection on the field and reciprocate the effort made by President Urbano Cairo, to whom I thank my arrival here.”
In 48 hours, there’s a game between Torino and Cagliari, with Sanabria injured, Zapata is expected to be a starter”
