Signed from Chelsea after a successful loan spell, Ola Aina has played well for Torino when he’s featured.
The wing-back, who can play on either side of the defence, featured 69 times for the Serie A side over the past couple of seasons, scoring one goal and picking up six assists.
However, London was calling, and a move back to England for the Nigeria international had been touted for a big portion of the summer.
In the end, it’s Fulham who have won the race for the 23-year-old with Gazzetta dello Sport reporting on Monday that Torino have ‘given him the green light’ to move to Craven Cottage, where he ‘will soon embrace’ his new club after the two sides settled ‘the very last details between Saturday and Sunday’.
It’s said Aina felt ‘irresistible nostalgia’ over the past year, and he will return to this side of the Channel in an ‘onerous loan with the right of redemption’.
The details aren’t given, but you would expect Torino, who paid €10m to sign Aina in the first place, will want to make a profit on their original expenditure should Fulham decide to keep the player beyond the upcoming season.
