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Costa joins Juventus FC on one-year loan

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Saturday, July 15, 2017

On Wednesday, Italian football club Juventus announced an agreement with German club Bayern Munich for a one-year loan of Brazilian winger Douglas Costa for a fee of 6 million, to run until June 30, 2018.

File photo of Douglas Costa, 2013.
Image: Михаил Масловский.

26-year-old Douglas Costa joined Bayern in 2015 under Pep Guardiola's management from Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk. In two seasons at the Allianz Arena, Costa has scored fourteen goals and provided 27 assists, making 77 appearances in total. He won two consecutive Bundesliga titles, a DFB Pokal, and a DFL-Supercup. Before joining the Bavarian club, the left-footed winger won five consecutive Ukrainian Premier League trophies.

In the agreement with Bayern, Juventus can exercise an option to buy the player for €40 million before July 1, 2018. Bayern may receive an additional €1 million subject to conditions in the contract. Bayern Munich's chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said, "We had serious and constructive talks with Juventus' representatives. All of FC Bayern's financial demands have been met".

Upon asking why he joined Juventus, Costa told the Juventus' interviewer that he "had always dreamed of playing" with the Old Lady and said he was "delighted to be part of" Juventus' team.

Sources

  • Douglas Costa moves to Juventus — FC Bayern, July 12, 2017
  • Douglas Costa signs for Juventus! — Juventus, July 12, 2017
  • Costa: "Delighted to be a Juve player" — Juventus, July 12, 2017


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