Manchester City loans Joe Hart to Torino
Saturday, September 3, 2016
On Wednesday, English football club Manchester City F.C. announced that they had loaned their goalkeeper Joe Hart to Italian club Torino F.C. till the season end.
Hart joined City from Shrewsbury Town F.C. in 2006. Since then, he has won four Premier League Golden Gloves for keeping most clean sheets in a season, which is a League record. In a decade at the Etihad Stadium, Hart has won two Premier League trophies, two Football League Cups and one FA Cup.
Hart debuted for England at the age of 21, and has represented the country at UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016 and FIFA World Cup 2014.
Signing the contract, Hart said, "I am very excited to compare myself in an important and beautiful League such as Serie A." ((it))Italian language: Sono molto felice di potermi confrontare in un campionato bello e difficile come la Serie A.
Goalkeeper Joe Hart's move away from Manchester City came about a week after Pep Guardiola signed Chilean goalkeeper Claudio Bravo from FC Barcelona.
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- "Claudio Bravo signs Manchester City" — Wikinews, August 28, 2016
Sources
- "Hart al Toro!" — Torino F.C., August 31, 2016 (Italian)
- "Joe Hart joins Torino on season-long loan" — Manchester City F.C., August 31, 2016