Genoa sign unwanted striker Toni
Reuters - Friday 02 July 2010, 17:11
MILAN - Striker Luca Toni completed his
move to Serie A side Genoa on Friday after being snubbed by
Bayern Munich, AS Roma and Italy in the past two months.
"I've received a great welcome. It's up to me to repay that
faith on the field. Genoa play football which suit my
characteristics," Toni, released by Bayern, told the club
website.
The tall 33-year-old, a 2006 World Cup winner, fell out with
the Bayern hierarchy last term and spent the second half of the
season at Roma where his goals helped them run Inter Milan close
in the Italian title race.
However, Roma decided not to sign him permanently and bought
Adriano instead while Toni was also left out of Italy's World
Cup squad for South Africa despite their clear lack of
firepower.
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