Joel Pohjanpalo, 30, one of Finland’s number one strikers, moves to Palermo, returning to Serie B, second in Italy, where he was raising Venezia last season.
Finnish men’s soccer team striker Joel Pohjanpalo to change club. Pohjanpalo, who plays Venezia FC in the Italian Main Series Serie A, moves to the second level to Palermo.
Palermo says of the transfer in a bulletin published on its website. The contract, 3028, which was in the medical examination on Sunday, will last until 2028. According to media information from Venezia to Sicilia, a Finn will move from Venezia to Sicilia with a transfer of EUR 4.7 million.
Pohjanpalo was no longer in the Venezia line -up on Saturday when the team bowed to Udine on the away field 2-3.
Palermo is currently eighth in Serie B. The place justifies the last place in the playoffs of the teams playing from the rise of the series. Pohjanpalo was last season raising Venezia to the main series from Serie B.
The Palermo FC is one of the longest and traditional clubs in Italy. In addition to Sicily, the club is very popular with Sicilians living in continental Italia. The pink shirt club, which is the fifth largest city in the country, has played for the last time in Serie A in 2016-17.
The club is also known for the financial and financial and of the past years from their coaching mixes. Palermo’s former background company went bankrupt in 2019 and had to play his way back from Serie D (fourth highest league level). Today, Palermo is owned by the Abudhabian City Football Group, which owns Manchester City, who plays in the Premiership, among others.
Supporters were disappointed
Pohjanpalo, who has been carrying the Venezia captain’s ribbon since February 2023, became a supporter for supporters in the canal city. The Finnish striker was previously baptized “Il Dog”. The leaders of the Venice city state were called by that title since the 12th century.
The popularity of Pohjanpalo has been widely reflected as he hit Venezia in 96 games over the years. When the first rumors about the transfer of Pohjanpalo to Palermo landed at the turn of the year, supporters of the Venetian club began to protest the solution of their club.
On January 21, when the rumors of the club came at their hottest, supporters brought several banners in front of the office in the Venezia Mestre city section.
Slogan In these sheets concerned the transfer: “Fucks out of the North Fire”, “Dogen must not be touched” and “worthless company, Niedurauer leave”. The said Duncan niedrauer is a US businessman and president of the Venezian Society. Also, every public media publication in Venezia has been full of the same slogans and supporters’ threats to out of matches if the North Palo is sold.
The next match of Palermo will be on Sunday 9th on Spezia.