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Monaco have completed the six-month loan signing of Italian striker Marco Di Vaio from Valencia.
The principality club have also secured an option to sign Di Vaio, 29, at the end of the season. The international forward becomes Francesco Guidolin’s first signing as Monaco Coach.
Formerly of Juventus and Parma, Di Vaio has featured just five times in La Liga this season and is keen to play more regularly to improve his chances of making Italy’s World Cup squad.
Monaco have agreed to cover 50 percent of his wages, or in other words about £70,000 a month.
Di Vaio had also been linked with Marseille, but the presence of Guidolin, an Italian trainer, ultimately swayed the deal Monaco's way.
The transfer could spark a move for out-of-favour Monegasque Emmanuel Adebayor, who may find himself surplus to requirements at the Stade Louis II.
Togo’s World Cup hero has many admirers, with Marseille, Paris Saint-Germain and a host of Premiership clubs keen on the tall striker.
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