Chelsea sign Argentina's answer to Peter Crouch
New Blue: Franco di Santo trains at Cobham
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Originally Posted by Daily Mail
Chelsea have signed the 6ft 4in Argentinian striker Franco di Santo from Chilean side Audax Italiano on a five-year contract.
The player travelled to London from Argentina on Tuesday, with his agent Gustavo Goni saying the only hold-up was agreeing a percentage of any subsequent transfer fee with Audax Italiano. The fee is thought to be in the region of £3.4million.
Di Santo has no need for a work permit because he has an Italian passport from his great-grandfather's heritage.
As a striker he is in the same mould as Liverpool's Peter Crouch, quick on and off the ball and has developed a good eye for goal. He had a good campaign in the Copa Libertadores (South America's equivalent of the Champions League) and caught the eye of Palermo, Udinese and Dinamo Kiev before Chelsea secured his signature.
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He has played for Argentina's Under 20s in their South American championship and despite being left out of the Youth World Cup squad in Canada last July he is seen as possessing genuine international promise. |
so we lost out on that one...