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• 26-year-old leaves Liverpool for Serie A on loan
• Agreement in place to make the move permanent

The Liverpool midfielder Alberto Aquilani has completed his season-long loan move to Juventus – with the deal including an option to make the transfer permanent for £13.1m at the end of this season.

Aquilani, who underwent a stringent six-hour medical examination yesterday, struggled to make an impact after his £17m move from Roma last summer, and, while the loan had been seen as a chance for him to prove himself to Liverpool, it now appears his Anfield career may be over.

A Juventus statement read: “Juventus Football Club announces that an agreement with Liverpool FC for the free temporary acquisition of the registration rights of the player Alberto Aquilani has been reached.

“The agreement also includes the option right, to be exercised at the end of 2010-11 season, for the definitive acquisition by Juventus of the football player at the price of £13.1m, to be paid in three years.”

Aquilani, 26, was signed by the former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez as a replacement for the influential Xabi Alonso but his first season on Merseyside was hampered by injuries. It was more than two months into last season before he made his debut for the club and he featured only sporadically.

The current Liverpool manager, Roy Hodgson, said last week: “It’s very important that he plays regular football, every week, as the number one man on the teamsheet. I can’t promise him that here so if a loan move to Italy could help him in that respect it might be good for all parties.”

The deal effectively completes a swap for Denmark midfielder Christian Poulsen, who moved to Anfield from Juventus earlier this month.

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