Inter Milan signs France forward, Thuram
French international striker Marcus Thuram signed for Inter Milan on a free transfer on Saturday, the Serie A club announced.Son of 1998 World Cup winner Lilian Thuram, the 25-year-old signed a five-year deal with last season’s Champions League finalists worth a reported 6.5 million euros a season.Inter secured his services on the back of his most successful season for Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach in which he scored 13 goals — he became a free agent at the end of the campaign.
Thuram will play up front alongside Lautaro Martinez after picking the country of his birth rather than Paris Saint-Germain, replacing veteran Edin Dzeko who signed for Turkish giants Fenerbahce last week. He was born in Parma where his father played for five seasons, winning the UEFA Cup and Italian Cup in 1999 as part of a star-studded outfit which also featured Italian icons Gianluigi Buffon and Fabio Cannavaro.
Buffon and Cannavaro got the better of Thuram senior at the 2006 World Cup, beating France in the final on penalties.
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