As Aaron Ramsey made his debut for Rangers, the Welshman’s replacement at Juventus Denis Zakaria was scoring on his first appearance for the Old Lady.
Rangers have signed ex-Arsenal man Aaron Ramsey on loan until the end of the campaign from the Serie A club with Juventus paying the bulk of his reported £400k per week wages.
But with a team and club in dire need of freshening up, Max Allegri also moved on a double swoop at the end of the transfer market in Turin.
Bringing in Swiss international Denis Zakaria from Borussia Monchengladbach in a deal that could reach £7.2m, Juventus also splashed out on a move for Fiorentina’s form striker Dusan Vlahovic.
The Serbian forward, 22, had netted 20 goals in 24 games for Fiorentina this season and Juventus have splashed out an initial £58m (€70m) rising to £67m (€80m) to bring the striker to Turin [ESPN].
As something of a new era begins in Turin, both players also found the net this weekend as life after Aaron Ramsey got off to a winning start for Juventus.
Denis Zakaria nets on Juventus debut as Ramsey heads to Rangers
Both of the club’s new signings started the match with the £74.2m duo also winning it for Juventus in a 2-0 victory over Verona.
Dusan Vlahovic opened the scoring 13 minutes into the game before Denis Zakaria made it two just after the hour mark.
The result moves an underperforming Juventus side up to 4th in Serie A with the side having an outside chance of winning the Italian top flight this season.
As things stand, Juventus are eight points off leaders Inter Milan, who have a game in hand over their old rivals.
Rangers loanee Aaron Ramsey came off the bench for the Gers in the 5-0 victory over Hearts and revealed after the game that the club has a working fitness to get him into the side [Rangers].
Ramsey’s last game for Juventus came in a substitute appearance against Zenit St Petersburg in mid-October with his last game coming in November with Wales.
The ex-Arsenal star also faces having some serious competition for midfield places at Ibrox as another Gers star battles back from the brink to impress v the Jambos.
