New City boss Pep Guardiola made it clear that Hart wouldn’t be his first-choice goalkeeper for this campaign and the England worldwide fell even further down the pecking order when the club signed Claudio Bravo from Barcelona last week.
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“Joe Hart is an global goalkeeper with a considerable experience in Manchester City Football Club and in his national team, where he made his debut when he was only 21”, said Torino president Urbano Cairo.
He told Torino’s official website: ‘Suddenly, my career has undergone a change.
That said, Hart’s very inconsistency is hardly a guarantee for Petrachi, even if he is only paying 30% of the Englishman’s salary – which still amounts to €1m, making him Torino’s best-paid talent along with Iago Falque. I am very happy to be able to try a handsome and challenging league like Serie A.
The England global, 29, arrives in Turin after being frozen out at City by new manager Pep Guardiola.
Hart had been linked with the likes of Liverpool and Sunderland but was granted permission to skip England training on Tuesday to complete his switch to Torino.
“For that reason, I immediately accepted President Cairo’s offer with great enthusiasm”.
To retain his place as England ‘keeper, Hart needs regular football in a season that will see the Three Lions begin their qualifying campaign for the 2018 World Cup in a Group F featuring Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta.
Arsenal midfielder Wilshere was pictured arriving at Bournemouth, who have agreed to pay a £2 million loan fee as well as his £80,000-per-week wages, after the injury-plagued 24-year-old slipped down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium.
He said: “His transfer to Torino makes us proud and demonstrates our willingness to build a more competitive team – but only the results will prove it”.
“I already know Lombardo, I worked with Attilio in Manchester and we also won. As always will be the field to determine this, we certainly have not hesitated a single second when we took the opportunity to strike up a deal with Manchester City”. I have read an interview about Toro and the coach wants humility and ambition.
“I didn’t come into the season thinking: “I want to show everyone”.
New England boss Sam Allardyce looks set to stick with Hart as his No. 1, but said it was important that he was playing first-team football regularly.
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The club nicknamed “Torro” finished 12 last season but have made a decent start this time around picking up 3 points from their opening 2 games.
