Lupoli heads for home
Arsenal youngster Arturo Lupoli has agreed a five-year deal with Fiorentina, who he will join at the end of the season.
Lupoli joined the Gunners from Parma in 2004, but made only one Premiership appearance before being farmed out on a season-long loan to Derby, where he has scored six times in 26 league appearances, helping the Rams to the top of the Championship.
Only last week the Italian Under-21 international had questioned whether it was a good time to return to his homeland. "Unfortunately it is all bad things happening like bombs being thrown and fighting with the police," he said. "But it has been like this in Italy for the last 10 or 20 years because no one has taken any action."
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Napoli were also linked with a move for Lupoli, having claimed a verbal agreement with Lupoli earlier this month, but a statement on Fiorentina's website confimed the Viola had won the race to the 19-year-old's signature.
