Žoržinja | Photo: AP Photo/Alastair Grant
The leader of the English Premier League “Arsenal” has bought the midfielder of the Italian national team from another London club “Chelsea”. Žoržinja. The transfer fee is reported to be £12m (€13.6m).
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta believes that the 31-year-old Italian international will bring “intelligence, excellent leadership skills and vast Premier League and international experience” to the team. Arsenal are in first place with 50 points from 19 matches, five points ahead of Manchester City, who have played more games. “Chelsea” with 29 points in 20 matches is dead.
The footballer born in Brazil started his career in 2010 in the Italian club “Hellas” from Verona, moving to “Napoli” in 2014, and to “Chelsea” in 2018. With “Napoli”, the footballer celebrated the victory in the Italian Cup and the Super Cup once, while in the ranks of “Chelsea” he won the Champions League (2021), the Europa League (2019), the UEFA Super Cup (2021) and the FIFA Club World Cup (2021). the winner.
Together with the Italian national team, he became the European champion in 2021. The footballer has played 46 games in the Italian national team, scoring five goals.
