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United States Winger Weah Signs 5-Year Deal with Juventus

US player Timothy Weah arrives for medical tests in Turin, Italy, 29 June 2023, before officially completing his transfer from French club LOSC Lille to Juventus Turin. (EPA)
US player Timothy Weah arrives for medical tests in Turin, Italy, 29 June 2023, before officially completing his transfer from French club LOSC Lille to Juventus Turin. (EPA)
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United States Winger Weah Signs 5-Year Deal with Juventus

US player Timothy Weah arrives for medical tests in Turin, Italy, 29 June 2023, before officially completing his transfer from French club LOSC Lille to Juventus Turin. (EPA)
US player Timothy Weah arrives for medical tests in Turin, Italy, 29 June 2023, before officially completing his transfer from French club LOSC Lille to Juventus Turin. (EPA)

United States winger Tim Weah completed a transfer to Juventus on Saturday.

The 23-year-old Weah, who is the son of former FIFA Player of the Year and current Liberian President George Weah, signed a five-year contract with Juventus on the day the transfer market opened in Italy.

His father also played in Italy, for AC Milan.

Juventus will pay Lille 10.3 million euros ($11.3 million) — in two installments — plus up to 2.1 million euros ($2.3 million) in bonuses.

Weah has played for Lille since 2019. Before that he was on loan at Celtic from Paris Saint-Germain.

He won three French league titles with PSG and Lille and also helped Celtic to the Scottish title.

Weah has played 31 times for the United States, scoring four goals. He was part of the squad that reached the last 16 at last year’s World Cup in Qatar.

Weah was welcomed by about 100 enthusiastic Juventus fans when he arrived for his medical test on Thursday. Some were also waving American flags.

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Hamilton Calls Ferrari Debut 'Most Exciting Period of My Life'

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Hamilton Calls Ferrari Debut 'Most Exciting Period of My Life'

Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy
Formula One F1 - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia - March 13, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit ahead of the Australian Grand Prix REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy

Lewis Hamilton said Thursday he was itching to get going during the "most exciting period of my life" at Ferrari, but cautioned of a transition period as he gets used to a new car.

After 12 years with Mercedes he will race for the first time in the Ferrari red at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix this week, knowing expectations are high.

The seven-time world champion officially began work at the Scuderia in January after his shock move and completed 162 laps of testing in Bahrain.

The 40-year-old said it was hard to assess Ferrari's place in the pecking order so early in the season.

"Obviously three days in the car, difficult to know where we stand with everyone else. But we just try to keep our heads down and just focus on our job," he said in Melbourne, according to AFP.

"But for me, I mean, I'm just itching to get going, I guess it's been a long time coming."

Ferrari were pipped to the constructors' championship by McLaren last year, the seventh time the Italian team had finished second since they last won the team title in 2008.

Kimi Raikkonen was the last driver to lift the world championship for Ferrari in 2007 and Hamilton tempered expectations about what he might achieve.

"I have an expectation for myself. I know what I can bring, I know I can deliver, I know what it's going to take to do that, and it's just getting your head down and working away," he said.

"So I come with a very open mind. It is about getting into the season, this is about getting into a good rhythm.

"I'm still learning this new car that's quite a lot different to what I've driven for my previous career, in the sense of Mercedes power coming into Ferrari power," he added.

"It's something quite new, different vibration, different feel, different way of working.

"The whole team works completely differently."