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After passing a medical yesterday, Gonzalo Higuain is set to be swapping Spain for Italy. The Real Madrid star will be joining Rafael Benitez' Napoli in the coming days.</p>
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Gonzalo Higuain has passed a medical in Italy and his £34.5m move from Real Madrid to Napoli is due to be finalised in the coming days.</p>
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The Argentine will be joining Rafael Benitez' Italian heroes, despite being heavily linked with Arsenal over the past month and a half. Arsenal will now continue with the pursuit of Luis Suarez.</p>
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Higuain, 25, has been bought in as a replacement for Edison Cavani, who joined Paris St-Germain earlier this month for a reported £55m.</p>
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Manager Benitez stated to an Italian newspaper about the transfer, "We were looking for a quality player."</p>
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Higuain has an impressive scoring record at Real Madrid. Since joining the Bernabeu giants from River Plate in 2006, the striker has managed to notch 107 league goals.</p>
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Napoli have used the cash generated from the sale of Cavani to bring in an array of improvements to their squad, including; Real Madrid striker Jose Callejon, defender Raul Albiol and PSV Eindhoven winger Dries Mertens.</p>
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On top of this, Benitez will be joined by an old friend next season. Pepe Reina will be joining the club from Liverpool on season-long loan and completed his medical at the same time Higuain did.</p>
