Del Piero to arrive Sunday to take up Sydney deal

By foxsports
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Former Juventus and Italy forward Alessandro Del Piero will arrive in Sydney on Sunday to begin his two-year contract with Sydney FC.

The A-League team announced his arrival date on Friday. It signed the 37-year-old Del Piero to the reported $4 million deal on Sept. 5, the league's biggest marquee signing.

Sydney plays its first A-League match of the season on Oct. 6 in Wellington, New Zealand.

Coach Ian Crook said ''we look forward to integrating him into the team ... he is coming out a little bit earlier than we had thought which is good.''

Del Piero was a member of Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning team and scored a Juventus-record 286 goals in all competitions over 19 seasons with the Serie A club.