Chile's Fernandez to join Fiorentina
Posted Friday, July 27, 2012 by YAHOO Sport
Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon announced on Friday that they have reached agreement with Serie A side Fiorentina over the sale of Chilean international Matias Fernandez.
Sporting announced the transfer in a statement to the supervisor of the Lisbon stock exchange.
Portuguese press reports say that the 26-year-old former Villarreal player will move to Italy for a fee of around 4 million euros ($6.3m).
Sports daily Record reported that Sporting, who finished fourth in their domestic league last season, will use much of the fee to sign 21-year-old Argentine attacker Valentin Viola from Racing Club in his homeland.
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