Transfer deadline day Updates / Del Piero agrees to join Sydney

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Italian superstar Alessandro Del Piero will join Sydney FC after agreeing to finalise details on a contract with the A-League club.
Sydney officials in talks with Del Piero throughout the week say they have secured the 37-year-old striker's signature ahead of Swiss club Sion and Scottish giants Celtic.

The club's chief executive officer, Tony Pignata, will travel to Italy over the weekend to complete the signing.

"This is huge for Sydney FC, huge for the A-League and huge for Australian football," Sydney chairman Scott Barlow said.

"We feel honoured that Alessandro has decided to play for Sydney FC and we share his excitement that a move to Sydney FC will create a lasting legacy for football in this country.

"I want to thank Tony Pignata and Lou Sticca for the outstanding work over the last few days in progressing discussions with Alessandro and look forward to Tony finalising the contract in Italy over the coming days."

Del Piero had been linked with teams in the USA, China and the Middle East since finishing his career with Juventus in May.

Sydney will open their A-League season away to Wellington Phoenix on October 6.

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Thanks i was looking for a place that had it all together


im gonna miss del piero Juve management really screwed up....for every good signing they do 2 bad signings...i was happy to get asamoah, isla and giovinco but some bad business with bendtner...all 4 of our strikers are better than him and the fact that we didnt sign del piero back just to waste it last min. on an arsenal reject is just crazy.



im surprised at city buying maicon, he's 31 and not really what he used to be

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dude most importantly u missed ASHKAN DEJAGAH to fulham

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Zenit St Petersburg sign Hulk from Porto on a five-year deal for a fee reported to be in the region of €50 million, according to the Russian club's website.


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wow i thought hulk would get picked up by a big club...i guess he's just following the money

[Shahin K]

Re: Transfer deadline day Updates / Del Piero agrees to join Sydney

Also Axel Witsel from Benfica to Zenit for 45milion euros! I don't like that the money is in Russia nowadays..

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Stoke City have confirmed the signing of Michael Owen on a one-year contract.

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Also Axel Witsel from Benfica to Zenit for 45milion euros! I don't like that the money is in Russia nowadays..

yup! those russians and their mafia and money laundering they got all the money in the world to spend. But they wont get anywhere unless they upgrade their entire league with good players...having 2-3 expensive players isnt gonna get them anywhere

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dude most importantly u missed ASHKAN DEJAGAH to fulham

[teammelli91]

Wow! Van Der Vaart went back to Hamburg? If only Mahdavikia was there as well

Sigh.. Oh the memories..