Madrid: Napoli have completed the signing of Gonzalo Higuain from Real Madrid. Arsenal were in the race for the 26-year-old and had agreed a contract worth 100,000 pounds per week, but the club could not reach an acceptable fee with the Spanish side.
Napoli had settled a 31.8 million pounds offer with Madrid for Higuain, with the Argentina international signing a five-year, 140,000 pound-per-week deal.
Rafael Benitez, who was appointed as Napoli's new boss in May, targeted Higuain for the vacant striker role which was vacated by Edinson Cavani, who moved to Paris Saint-Germain for 55 million pounds earlier in July.
Napoli have already bought two players from Madrid this summer alone, with defender Raul Albiol and attacker Jose Maria Callejon moving to Serie A, while Dries Mertens, Pablo Armero and Rafael have also joined Benitez's side.
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