ONE of the summer’s open secrets was made official this evening, as Nice announced Justin Kluivert’s signature on a loan deal with several clauses to be met in order for a permanent move away from A.S. Roma to materialize next season.
The young Dutch forward showed zero interest in opening up a new chapter of his Roma career in Italian football and reserved his goodbyes on social media to the RB Leipzig fans this summer after Kluivert’s ideal move back to the Bundesliga was dashed.
From Roma’s point of view, the move represents an opportunity to offset Kluivert’s €2 million a year net salary onto the Ligue 1 club for the 2021-2022 season, as well as a €1 million loan fee to Roma on top, but whether the French club are really in a position to sign Kluivert permanently remains to be seen.
That’s because Kluivert’s €14 million mandatory-buy option
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