Transfer wrap: Vidal joins Juventus

Juventus have signed Chile international Arturo Vidal from Bayer Leverkusen, allowing Felipe Melo to join Galatasaray on loan.

Turin-based side Juventus, who finished seventh in Serie A last season, will reportedly pay an initial fee of 10.5 million euros for Vidal, rising to 12.5m with additional clauses.

Vidal, capped 34 times by Chile, joined Leverkusen from Colo-Colo in 2007, going on to score 15 times in 117 league appearances.

He helped Leverkusen to second place in the last Bundesliga campaign and will join Stephan Lichtsteiner, Reto Ziegler, Andrea Pirlo and Michele Pazienza as the fifth player to sign for Juventus in the off-season.

Vidal’s arrival coincided with the departure from Juventus of Brazilian midfielder Felipe Melo, who joined Galatasary on a one-year loan deal.

The Turkish club have an option to sign Melo for 13 million euros at the end of the next season.

In other transfer news, former Manchester United and Real Madrid defender Gabriel Heinze has joined Roma from Marseille.

Argentine Heinze remained under contract at the Stade Velodrome until 2012, but is believed to have fallen out with Marseille officials last season.

No details of the transfer have been made public, but the 33-year-old has reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Serie A club.

Finally, Diego Capel has completed a switch from Spanish club Sevilla to Portuguese outfit Sporting Lisbon for 3.5 million euros.

Capel, 23, passed a medical on Friday and has signed a five-year contract with the Liga Sagres team.

He is the 12th player to join Sporting in the close-season as the squad undergoes a major overhaul.