Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Ciro Immobile for an undisclosed fee. Immobile, who was the Serie A’s top goalscorer last season, has signed a five year contract with the Bundesliga runners-up. The 24 year old, who scored 24 goals in 33 appearances last season at Torino, is among the Italian squad of 23 players heading to the World Cup in Brazil.
The player, who was co-owned by Scudetto winners Juventus and Torino, spoke after Italy’s 0-0 friendly clash with Ireland “It’s a done deal, I already said it a little while ago.” Torino president Urbano Cairo told Gazzeto dello Sport “We listened to Immobile's wishes. It was a difficult situation as half of the player's sporting rights are owned by Juventus. He has received a very important offer. At Torino he earns 800,000 euros (per year) while Borussia have offered him three times that amount, plus a bonus. For us it was an untenable figure."
Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc also spoke “In Immobile we are getting a flexible and dynamic attacker who has performed impressively in a top European league. His outstanding quality fits perfectly with the requirements of Borussia Dortmund."
Immobile joins Colombian striker Adrian Ramos at Signal Iduna Park, hoping to replicate, if not improve upon, the dynamic goalscoring ability of Munich-bound Robert Lewandowski. Immobile’s pace and energy will be crucial not only to the Dortmund offence, but also when they enforce their gegenpressing defensive tactics, in which the oppositions defence are pressured into little time on the ball.
Attached is a short compilation of Immobile's goals, skills and assists from last season, which entails what Dortmund fans can expect to see in the coming campaign from the fiery Italian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBJ8Fa_AOQ0
