Northern Ireland striker Kyle
Lafferty has moved to Italy after joining Serie B side Palermo. Lafferty, who
has scored 9 international goals, leaves Swiss side FC Sion to head to Sicily. The
Enniskillen born forward will team up with new Palermo manager Gennaro Gattuso,
who he worked with previously in Switzerland.
Lafferty only moved to
Switzerland a year ago after he left Rangers following the financial turmoil at
Ibrox. During his season in Switzerland he scored 8 goals, helping the club to
6th place in the league and a cup semi-final. Previously Lafferty had scored 31 goals during
his four year spell in Scotland.
Lafferty told the press that he was pleased to
move to Italy and had been close to joining Palermo during the January transfer
window. He said “I'm
delighted to be here. Palermo tried to sign me in January but unfortunately we
couldn't close the deal. Now I can't wait to get started. When I was younger I
watched a lot of Italian football and I know there's a very passionate fan base
here at Palermo”. He also credited his new manager saying "Obviously it was Gattuso
who played a big part in persuading me to move to Palermo, he spoke to me about
a few things where they want to be and hopefully I can go over there and score
a few goals and help them win the league and put them back into Serie A. He has
been brilliant for myself, he was one of the best players in the world and just
his attitude in training and off the pitch he always wants to win. When he
wanted me sign it was definitely a yes from me and I can't wait to get started
and work under him".
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