Aston Villa sign Galatasaray midfielder Zaniolo on loan

Turkish football club Galatasaray on Friday announced that English Premier League side Aston Villa signed Nicolo Zaniolo on loan.

Italian midfielder was signed on a contract with a conditional compulsory purchase option for 2023-24 season.

The Premier League side will pay a temporary transfer fee of pound 5 million ($5.4 million) and a conditional bonus of maximum pound 1.3 million, the statement added.

The future transfer fee of the 23-year-old was announced to be pound 22.5 million, with conditional bonuses of a total of pound 15.5 million.

In addition, in case of a transfer to another club in the future, 10% of the sales profit will be paid to Galatasaray.

Zaniolo, who joined Galatasaray from Roma on February, helped the Istanbul powerhouse to bag the 2022-23 Turkish Super Lig title.

Source: Anadolu Agency