The 30-year-old defender made two appearances for his country at this summer's World Cup and is believed to have cost the Italian club €2.5m (£1.98m).
He had been at Monterrey for six seasons, after joining the Mexican outfit in 2008 from Estudiantes.
Basanta has made 10 appearances for Argentina's national side.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Inter Milan | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 65 | 27 | 38 | 64 |
| 2 | Napoli | 29 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 22 | 61 |
| 3 | Atalanta BCAtalanta | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 63 | 28 | 35 | 58 |
| 4 | Bologna | 29 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 34 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Juventus | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 52 |
| 6 | Lazio | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 41 | 9 | 51 |
| 7 | Roma | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 49 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 48 |
| 9 | AC Milan | 29 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 33 | 11 | 47 |
| 10 | Udinese | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 39 | -4 | 40 |
| 11 | Torino | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 38 |
| 12 | Genoa | 29 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 37 | -9 | 35 |
| 13 | Como | 29 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 46 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Hellas VeronaHellas Verona | 29 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 29 | 58 | -29 | 29 |
| 15 | CagliariCagliari | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 44 | -16 | 26 |
| 16 | Parma | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 35 | 49 | -14 | 25 |
| 17 | Lecce | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 48 | -27 | 25 |
| 18 | Empoli | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 46 | -23 | 22 |
| 19 | VeneziaVenezia | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 42 | -19 | 20 |
| 20 | Monza | 29 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 49 | -25 | 15 |
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