Torino Secure €10m Euro Deal For Ola Aina

Torino exercise €10m buy-option to ‘formalize’ Ola Aina acquisition from Chelsea

Italian Serie A outfit Torino have clinched a deal with Chelsea over the permanent signing of Nigeria international Ola Aina.

Aina’s fine form at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino appears to have proven more than enough to convince the club’s hierarchy of his long-term future in Turin.

The agreement is said to be worth 10 million Euro, with an official announcement expected imminently.

This was confirmed by their president Urbano Cairo last weekend, and now has been “formalized”, as per a report from Gianluca Di Marzio.

It’s not quite clear what that means, but it would appear that the €10m buy-option has now been exercised and the rest is just an administrative formality.

Torino are certainly getting an excellent deal here on the 22-year-old Chelsea Academy graduate who’s been utilized on both flanks of Walter Mazzarri’s typical wing-back system, making 32 appearances in all competitions, including 22 Serie A starts.

While this makes the whole situation with Davide Zappacosta, whom Aina has effectively replaced at Torino, all the more sillier, hopefully we’ve learned our lesson and won’t make a similar mistake with someone like Reece James.