Valencia to make forward Zaza’s contract permanent

Valencia, April 10: Valencia CF on Monday announced that the Spanish football club will make the contract of on-loan Italian forward Simone Zaza permanent from July 1.

"Zaza will become a Valencia CF player on a permanent basis, in accordance with the terms of the current loan agreement for the player signed with Juventus FC. The Italian striker's contract will run through to June 2021," Valencia said in a statement.

Turin-based Italian champions Juventus also announced that the permanent transfer fee is 16 million euros ($16.9 million), to be paid in two financial years, and may increase by a further two million euros ($2.1 million) on achieving given conditions in the course of the duration of the contract".