Levante signs midfielder Lukic on loan from Torino

Valencia (Spain) Aug 16 (IANS) Spanish football club Levante announced the signing of midfielder Sasa Lukic on a loan from Italy s Torino for one year.

Levante said in a statement on Tuesday that Lukic s deal does not include a purchase option but gives the La Liga side a preferential right to buy the Serbian player at the end of the season reports Efe.

Lukic capped with Serbian U-21 team played 14 Serie A matches last season with Torino which paid 1.7 million euro ($1.99 million) to sign him from Partizan in 2016.

The 21-year-old midfielder is the seventh player to join Levante this transfer window following Spaniards Antonio Luna Alex Alegria Rober Pier and Ivan Lopez Macedonian Enis Bardhi and Ivorian Cheick Doukoure.

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