Mario Lemina Joins Juventus: Latest Transfer Details, Comments and Reaction

Juventus announced the signing of Mario Lemina for a fee of €9.5 million on Friday.

The 22-year-old midfielder signed a four-year deal with the newly crowned Serie A champions to make his loan deal from Marseille a permanent switch.  

Per Juventus.com, the fee could rise by an additional €1 million, depending on whether he meets "performance-related targets." 

The Gabon international has featured in 11 games for the Bianconeri this season after suffering an injury in the middle of the campaign.

Fan website JuveFC.com expressed pleasure with the capture of Lemina on social media and believes the youngster will develop well under current manager Massimiliano Allegri:

A statement on Juventus.com read: "Over the course of his year with Juventus, Mario has developed into a multi-talented midfielder, able to launch attacks with the same level of excellence with which he defends, qualities that will continue to make him a highly valuable member of the Bianconeri midfield in the future."

Here are some highlights from Lemina in a Juve shirt during his first season with the club:

The Old Lady of Italian football have seen French midfielder Kingsley Coman's talent emerge during his loan spell away from the club with Bayern Munich and were eager not to let another midfield starlet slip away with Lemina's season-long spell nearing its conclusion.

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Allegri will be pleased to have added to his midfield options so soon after securing a fifth-straight Scudetto title and should expect an even better contribution from his new signing next season after the tough tackler recovered from injury.

Per Bleacher Report's Sam Lopresti, Juve had a deadline of the final day in April to make a decision over the future of the keen dribbler.

After starting his professional career with Ligue 1 side Lorient, Lemina made the move to Marseille during the 2013-14 campaign.

Despite limited match exposure in his debut season at Stade Velodrome, he enjoyed a first-team breakthrough under Marcelo Bielsa to make 22 league appearances the following year, per WhoScored.com.