ROME (Reuters) – Torino have signed striker Pietro Pellegri from Monaco on loan with the choice to purchase, the Italian membership introduced on Thursday, after the 20-year-old terminated his unsuccessful loan at AC Milan.
Pellegri, who has earned one Italy cap, spent the primary half of the season in Milan, however the Rossoneri introduced earlier on Thursday that his deal had ended early.
Pellegri failed to attain in six appearances for Stefano Pioli’s aspect, earlier than struggling a muscular harm in December.
The striker burst onto the scene with Genoa in 2016 by turning into the joint-youngest participant to look in Serie A, alongside AS Roma nice Amedeo Amedei, when he featured aged 15 years and 280 days. The report was surpassed by Wisdom Amey final yr.
Pellegri will probably be reunited with Ivan Juric, the coach who gave him his Genoa debut, at Torino, in addition to his father Marco Pellegri, who’s the Turin membership’s crew supervisor.
The striker scored twice in opposition to Lazio in Sept. 2017, turning into the youngest participant to attain a Serie A brace.
He earned a transfer to Monaco in January 2018 however didn’t make an impression with the French membership, scoring twice in 23 video games.
(Reporting by Alasdair Mackenzie, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
