Barcelona: Arturo Vidal on Tuesday joined the Italian club Inter Milan, making a move from Barcelona.
"Arturo Vidal is officially an Inter player. The Chilean midfielder has joined Inter on a permanent deal from FC Barcelona," the club said in a statement.
Barcelona and Inter Milan have reached an agreement for the transfer of the player Arturo Vidal. The Italian club will pay FC Barcelona 1 million euros in variables.
FC Barcelona would like to publicly express their gratitude to Arturo Vidal for his commitment and dedication and wishes him all the best for the future.
Arturo Vidal came to FC Barcelona in the summer of 2018. In his two years at Camp Nou, the Chilean midfielder has added another league winner’s medal to his collection, making it an incredible eight leagues in row in three different countries. He also won the Spanish Super Cup that season.
He has played 96 games (66 in La Liga, 10 in the Copa del Rey, 18 in the Champions League and 2 in the Super Cup, scoring 11 goals and providing 10 assists.
He will always be best remembered for the goal he scored against Real Madrid that completed a magical 5-1 victory for the blaugrana at Camp Nou.
Meanwhile, Barcelona captain Lionel Messi took to Instagram to say a warm goodbye to Vidal and wish him all the best in the latest chapter of what’s been an eventful career.
“I only knew you from facing each other and you always seemed like a phenomenon to me, but then I was lucky enough to meet you personally and you surprised me even more. There were two years sharing many things and you made yourself noticed a lot, the dressing room will miss you. I wish you all the best in this new stage at your new club. We will cross paths again, for sure.”
Vidal heads back to Serie A after two years at Barcelona where he won La Liga with the Catalan giants. He now joins the Nerazzurri where he’ll play under Antonio Conte once again. The two previously worked together at Juventus before Vidal left for Bayern.
The 33-year-old has been a key member of the Barcelona squad, scoring eight times last season, but was into the final year of his contract and had openly admitted he would only stay if he was considered important and would play regularly.
