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The hero of the Italian national team at the World Cup, former defense player, will play for the Milan club next season - even before the World Championships, the contract was officially finalized on Thursday after the final formalities were agreed and the player signed a four-year contract. The defender, who spent two and a half seasons in Sicily playing for "Palermo", will receive around 5.5 million euros and the loan of defender Paolo Dellafiore.
The 28-year-old F.Grosso, who played on the left side and scored the winning goal in the semi-finals against Germany and scored the decisive penalty in the final series against France, met with the "Inter" management and coach Roberto Mancini on Thursday to discuss the season plans before going on vacation to Sardinia with his pregnant wife Jessica.
Recently, the Milan club, as expected, officially added French full-back Olivier Dacourt, who moved from , and two defenders from Brazil - Maicon leaving the team and Maxwell moving from Amsterdam.
32-year-old O.Dacourt, whose contract with "Roma" ended last month, signed a two-year contract, while 24-year-old Maicon playing on the right side will play for "Inter" until 2011, and his fellow countryman Maxwell, who due to the legionnaire limit spent part of last season in the squad, signed a four-and-a-half-year contract.
The four new acquisitions in the team will take the places of experienced defenders Giuseppe Favalli, Pierre Wome, Ze Maria, and goalkeeper Cristiano Zanetti. "Inter" also bid farewell this summer to the safeties from Argentina Kily Gonzalez and Juan Sebastian Veron.
Meanwhile, 21-year-old Argentine P.Dellafiore, who is on loan to "Palermo", is also busy with other deals - the club exchanged players with Genoa and signed Italian national team full-back Aimo Diana, giving away 50% of the rights to defender Christian Terlizzi and a safety . It is also believed that the Sicilian club almost signed Australian national team and team safety Mark Bresciano.
