Unhappy Esnaider Books Return Ticket
Wednesday 6th December 2000
Argentine striker Juan Eduardo Esnaider has ended his troubled stay in Italy
with Juventus and returned to Real Zaragoza in a loan deal worth �850,000.
Esnaider, a Zaragoza legend who scored one of the goals in their successful
European Cup Winners' Cup final against Arsenal in 1995, will return to his
former club on an �850,000 loan deal until the end of the season. The
Spanish club then have the option to sign him for a fee in the region of
�3.5 million in the summer.
Esnaider moved to Juventus in November 1998 in a bid to improve the Turin
side's struggling strike-force. But the Argentinian centre-forward failed to
make an immediate impact in Italy, and then spent most of the 1999-00 season
out with injury.
Zaragoza are currently 16th in La Liga, five points clear of last-placed
Osasuna, and are hoping for a return to form from their returning hero who
will be eligible to play for the team once the Spanish transfer market
officially reopens on 15 December.
