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Giorgio Chiellini joins LAFC – “A unique opportunity to improve our club”9 club

Major League Soccerside Los Angeles FChave finally announced the signing of Giorgio Chiellini. The 37-year-oldJuventus defender joins on a free transfer when his contract with the Italian giants expires on July 1 and will sign Targeted Allocation Money (TAM) deal through 2023.

Market Value G. Chiellini Centre-Back €1.50m

“Giorgio is a special, one-of-a-kind player and person,” LAFC general manager John Thorrington said in a club statement. “Signing Giorgio was a unique opportunity to improve our club. He will complement what we believe is already a strong team as every day he will set the right example with his leadership competitiveness, and experience. He is a serial winner at the highest levels, and we are grateful he has chosen LAFC to join in our pursuit of trophies.”

Giorgio Chiellini is Black & Gold.

#LAFC Transfers presented by @remitly.

— LAFC (@LAFC) June 13, 2022

Interest in Chiellini was thought to be high. The Vancouver Whitecaps were also in the mix but withdrew their interest as Chiellini was on LAFC’s discovery list and the Italian preferred a move to Southern California rather than British Columbia. In Chiellini head coach Steven Cherundoloreceives an experienced defender, who is expected to act as a mentor to the young and very talentedMbacke (19).

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Corey Baird | Signed from Real Salt Lake City in 2021 | Fee: $500,000 &copyimago images

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Moon-hwan Kim | Signed from Busan IPark in 2021 | Fee: $600,000 &copyimago images

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Franco Escobar | Traded from Atlanta United in 2021 | Fee: $600,000 &copyAtlanta United Photos

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Lee Nguyen | Signed from New England Revolution in 2018 | Fee: $700,000 &copyJared Martinez & Matt Stith/MLS

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Christian Ramirez | Signed from Minnesota United 2018 | Fee: $1m &copyimago images

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Eduard Atuesta | Signed from Independiente Medellín in 2019 | Fee: $1m &copyimago images

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Kellyn Acosta | Traded from Colorado Rapids in 2022 | Fee: $1.5m GAM &copyColorado Rapids

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Francisco Ginella | Signed from Wanderers in 2020 | Fee: $2.5m &copyimago images

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Cristian Arango | Signed from Millonarios FC in 2021 | Fee: $2.5m &copyimago images

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Diego Rossi | Signed from Peñarol in 2018 | Fee: $2.75m &copyXavier Dussaq/MLS

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José Cifuentes | Signed from Universidad Católica in 2020 | Fee: $3m &copyimago images

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Carlos Vela | Signed from Real Sociedad in 2018 | Fee: $5.5m &copyimago images

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André Horta | Signed from Benfica in 2019 | Fee: $6.27m &copyMajor League Soccer

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Brian Rodríguez | Signed from Peñarol in 2019 | Fee: $11.5m &copyimago images

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Giorgio Chiellini joins LAFC – “A unique opportunity to improve our club”