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Courtesy of Supersports: Carlos Tevez sealed his move to Juventus on Wednesday after four
controversy-filled years at Manchester City and was handed the
unenviable task of trying to emulate club hero Alessandro Del Piero.
Italian champions Juve announced his arrival with a picture of the
Argentine striker holding up Del Piero's old number 10 jersey alongside
club president Andrea Agnelli.
A statement said he had reached a deal to sign a three-year-contract.
There was no word on the transfer fee but media reports have put it at
€12 million.
"The Argentine is used to winning. He has done so wherever he has been," Juve's website (www.juventus.com) added.
Del Piero spent almost 20 years at Juve, helping them win the 1996
Champions League and sticking by the club when they spent one season in
Serie B in 2006/07 after being demoted for match-fixing.
He left for Australia's Sydney FC last year having broken almost every
Juve record in the book. Michel Platini and Roberto Baggio also famously
wore Juve's number 10 shirt.
Handing Tevez the ex-Italy striker's former shirt is a mark of intent
from Juve, who have won the Serie A twice in a row without a big name
forward but are now targeting renewed European glory.
Coach Antonio Conte has rotated between any two of Sebastian Giovinco,
Alessandro Matri, Mirko Vucinic and Fabio Quagliarella, who have shared
the goals evenly between them.
Matri could now be sacrificed to suitors AC Milan, who had been tracking Tevez.
Earlier Tevez was whisked to Turin after hundreds of fans greeted him amid chaotic scenes at Milan's Malpensa airport.
Television pictures showed Tevez being mobbed by fans before being taken
back into the terminal by Juventus staff and put into a car via a side
entrance.