MILAN: Italy striker Giampaolo Pazzini has joined Inter Milan from Sampdoria, signing a contract through June 2015.
The 26-year-old Pazzini signed for €12 million ($16.5 million), with French winger Jonathan Biabiany moving in the opposite direction, Inter's website reports.
He is likely to be in the Inter squad for the match against Palermo on Sunday.
"I'm delighted to be here," Pazzini said. "It is fantastic here and it is a big surprise to be here. I have arrived, but I still can't believe what has happened.
"In today's football it is impossible not to know anything, but I didn't expect this to happen so quickly."
Pazzini has scored nine goals in all competitions for Sampdoria this season. He joined the Genoa club in 2009 from Fiorentina. In his first season he scored 11 goals in 19 appearances then added 19 in 37 games in 2009-10.
He has made 13 international appearances for Italy, scoring one goal, and was in the squad for last year's World Cup.
In March 2007 Pazzini became the first player to score at the new Wembley Stadium, when he hit a hattrick for Italy under-21s in a 3-3 draw against England under-21s.
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