Mehdi Benatia has completed a move to Juventus on an initial season-long loan from Bayern Munich, the Italian champions have confirmed.
The Moroccan international returns to Serie A after just two seasons in Germany, where he started just 24 league matches under Pep Guardiola at Bayern. Benatia has four years experience of Italy’s top-flight across spells at Udinese and Roma and returns to Serie A after a loan fee of €3m was agreed, with the Old Lady needing to fork out a further €17m to make the deal permanent next summer.
He joins former Roma teammate Miralem Pjanic in Turin after Bosnian international also made the move to the Serie A giants, and is now tasked with forcing his way into Juventus’ famed back three.
The 29-year old will be confident of taking Andrea Barzagli’s ‘B’ spot in the renowned backline having earned a place in WhoScored.com’s Serie A team of the season in his last campaign in Italy (2013/14) alongside new teammate Giorgio Chiellini, with a rating of 7.59.
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