Napoli signs Portuguese Mario Rui from Roma

Rome July 14 (IANS) Italian football giant Napoli announced the signing of Portuguese full back Mario Rui initially on loan from Serie A club Roma.

The Naples-based club on Thursday welcomed Rui on Twitter with a photo of him with Napoli s president Aurelio De Laurentiis reports Efe news.

"The Portuguese joins on a temporary transfer that runs until June 30 2018. Napoli will pay 3.75 million euro ($4 million) for the loan which depending on the achievement of certain sporting targets includes an obligation to buy for a further 5.5m euro ($67 million) " Roma said on its website.

Rui who played just nine matches with Roma last campaign due to a severe knee injury wants to revive his career at Napoli with coach Maurizio Sarri who previously worked with him at Empoli.

The 26-year-old Rui is the second deal for Napoli this summer transfer window as they contracted French Adam Ounas 20 from Bordeaux France.

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