Napoli sign Emanuele Giaccherini from Sunderland
Sunderland and Italy midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini has joined Napoli on a three-year deal for a fee of around £2m.
Giaccherini, 31, joined Sunderland from Juventus in 2013 but spent last season on loan at Bologna after falling out of favour.
Giaccherini was brought to Wearside when fellow Italian Paolo Di Canio was in charge but started just 18 Premier League games in two years before his Bologna move.
He started four of Italy’s five games at Euro 2016, scoring in a 2-0 win over Belgium and converting a sudden-death penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out defeat to Germany.
Ufficiale: Emanuele Giaccherini è un nuovo calciatore azzurro!#ForzaNapoliSempre https://t.co/jGnohx7r1N pic.twitter.com/MhOxJzNVin
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) July 16, 2016
Giaccherini’s agent said last month the “dream” would be a transfer to Chelsea, where his former Juventus and Italy boss Antonio Conte has just taken charge.
He played 43 times in total for the club, scoring five goals, but spent last season on loan at Serie A Bologna.
The Italian has 29 international caps and scored the Azzurri’s opening goal of Euro 2016 against Belgium.
But he has now joined a fifth Italian club having also played for Pavia and Cesena.
