Socceroos playmaker Ajdin Hrustic will complete a $ 735,000 transfer to Italian club Hellas Verona from Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt squad as he looks to play ahead of the FIFA World Cup this year.
The 26-year-old midfielder hasn’t played at all for Europa League champion Eintracht in the first weeks of the Bundesliga season, and it’s a no-play situation he can’t play. not to afford with the World Cup which will start in Qatar on November 20th.
Hrustic flew to Italy this week for medical examinations and was expected to sign a three-year contract with Hellas Verona, who are 16th in the Serie A standings and winless for four games of the season.
The initial transfer fee could go up to $ 4.4 million with add-ons.
Hrustic – who has made 40 appearances in all competitions for Eintracht – is seen in Verona as a replacement for Czech midfielder Antonin Barak, who has left the club to join Serie A rival Fiorentina.
He is the latest top Socceroo to switch sides for the most minutes of play after national team captain and goalkeeper Mat Ryan joined Danish club FC Copenhagen last month from the squad. Spanish Real Sociedad.
Ryan’s move came just weeks after Socceroos midfielder Aaron Mooy joined Scottish giants Celtic after splitting from Chinese club Shanghai Port.