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Liverpool target Joao Mario joins Inter Milan in record-breaking move

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Inter Milan announce the arrival of Joao Mario from Sporting Lisbon in a deal worth around £38.3m - the most ever spent on a Portuguese player.

Joao Mario has become the most expensive Portuguese player in history after completing a £38.3m move from Sporting Lisbon to Inter Milan.

The Italian giants are understood to have been in a straight battle with Liverpool for the 23-year-old, who was a winning member of Portugal's Euro 2016 squad.

Mario had been closing in on a switch to San Siro over the past few days, along with Brazilian youngster Gabriel Barbosa, with Sporting posting a farewell letter to their player on Saturday.

Inter have now confirmed that a €45m deal has been struck for Mario, adding to the signings of Antonio Candreva, Dodo, Cristian Ansaldi, Marcelo Brozovic, Gianluca Caprari, Rey Manaj and Ever Banega already this summer.

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Sporting's forward Joao Mario celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Portuguese Liga football match CD Tondela vs SC Sporting at the Aveiro City stadium in Aveiro on August 14, 2015
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