Valencia to make forward Zaza s contract permanent

Valencia April 10 (IANS) Valencia CF on Monday announced that the Spanish football club will make the contract of on-loan Italian forward Simone Zaza permanent from July 1.

Zaza will become a Valencia CF player on a permanent basis in accordance with the terms of the current loan agreement for the player signed with Juventus FC. The Italian striker s contract will run through to June 2021 Valencia said in a statement.

Turin-based Italian champions Juventus also announced that the permanent transfer fee is 16 million euros ($16.9 million) to be paid in two financial years and may increase by a further two million euros ($2.1 million) on achieving given conditions in the course of the duration of the contract.

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