It’s the day Marcus Pedersen arrives in Italy. The full-back, chosen by Torino to replace Raoul Bellanova on the right flank, will be in the city in the next few hours where he will undergo medical examinations, sign the contract and then go to Filadelfia to meet Paolo Vanoli and his new teammates. The Norwegian – Tuttosport recalls – arrives from Feyenoord on a onerous loan formula for 1 million with an obligation to buy set at 3.5 (an agreement reached after a tug-of-war on Tuesday evening with the directors of the Dutch club).
In short, a 4.5 million operation, a fifth of what will be collected from the sale of Bellanova to Atalanta. For Pedersen it is a return to Serie A, after having worn the Sassuolo jersey last season.
“Pedersen? I prefer not to talk about a player who is not yet ours – underlines the president of Torino himself, Urban Cairoto Allsports -. I can say that he is a good player, that he has important qualities and that we were already following him last year. As for Bellanova, at the beginning he struggled a bit and there were even some who booed him, but it was right to focus on him, and he fully repaid us for the trust he received”.