June 11 (Reuters) – Midfielder Houssem Aouar has signed for AS Roma, the Serie A membership stated on Sunday.
The Algeria worldwide has signed a five-year cope with Jose Mourinho’s facet, arriving on a free switch from Ligue 1 facet Olympique Lyonnais.
“I feel it is the fitting challenge for me, with a giant group, high quality gamers and a novel fanbase. I am now a Giallorossi (nickname for Roma) participant, and I am able to go,” he stated in a press release.
The 24-year-old performed one recreation for France – a pleasant towards Ukraine in 2020 – earlier than switching allegiance in March to Algeria, the place his mother and father had been born. (Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk; Modifying by Hugh Lawson)
