TURIN. Dennis Praet one step away from Turin. Urbano Cairo’s response to Ivan Juric’s accusations is, for now, the 27-year-old Belgian midfielder who a few years ago had made a name for himself in Giampaolo’s Sampdoria. Just the Abruzzo coach wanted to embrace him again a year ago, but most likely it will be up to the coach from Split to hunt for good feet in the middle of the field. Praet has quality, even if he has shown them above all in the adventure in Italy since in England, with Leicester, he almost immediately slipped back in the team hierarchies. Praet can play in all areas of the midfield, but has never had a particular feeling with the goal: just 2 in the two years spent in England, 4 in the three years in Genoa. In Juric’s team he will give a hand to Mandragora, but also if necessary on the trocar.
Torino has reached an agreement with Leicester for the transfer on loan with the right of redemption set at 15 million (the English club paid it 20 million at the time) and is tightening with the player for the definitive yes: tomorrow evening the market closes. Praet welcomes his return to Italy to relaunch himself: in 2014 he was elected footballer of the year in Belgium. In any case, he could not immediately join the new teammates given that he was called up by his national team for the qualifying matches for the World Cup in Qatar. In the last European championship he played 29 minutes in all, including 16 against Italy.