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Valencia CF striker Claudio López will be signing for Italian champions S.S. Lazio after the UEFA Champions League Final, according to Spanish newspaper reports. The Argentine international has not made any formal announcement about his future but he made a deliberate gesture of waving goodbye to the Valencia fans in the Mestalla stadium after their 2-1 victory over Real Zaragoza in the final league match of the Spanish season.
Claudio López is tossed into the air by his Valencia CF teammates
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López strikes
The victory, which was sealed with a 70th minute goal from López, secured Valencia's place in next season's UEFA Champions League regardless of whether they overcome Real Madrid CF in the Final. López was also given a bruising, but joyous, send-off by his team mates after four years of service at the club. Ten Valencia players grabbed him after the final whistle and physically tossed him into the air.
It has been an open secret in Spain for about six weeks that López is bound for Lazio. The Rome-based club are reportedly prepared to pay Valencia around $30 million for López, who impressed Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti after he tore the Italian side apart when they met in the UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final recently. López is likely to replace Chilean striker Marcelo Salas, for whom Chelsea FC are prepared to pay a British transfer record fee of around $25.2million, according to British media reports, with Internazionale FC also reported to be interested.
Claudio López is tossed into the air by his Valencia CF teammates
(© Reuters)
López strikes
The victory, which was sealed with a 70th minute goal from López, secured Valencia's place in next season's UEFA Champions League regardless of whether they overcome Real Madrid CF in the Final. López was also given a bruising, but joyous, send-off by his team mates after four years of service at the club. Ten Valencia players grabbed him after the final whistle and physically tossed him into the air.
It has been an open secret in Spain for about six weeks that López is bound for Lazio. The Rome-based club are reportedly prepared to pay Valencia around $30 million for López, who impressed Lazio president Sergio Cragnotti after he tore the Italian side apart when they met in the UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final recently. López is likely to replace Chilean striker Marcelo Salas, for whom Chelsea FC are prepared to pay a British transfer record fee of around $25.2million, according to British media reports, with Internazionale FC also reported to be interested.