Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu is set to join Juventus on a year-long loan, according to his agent.
The Italian club have been pursuing the Romanian international for several weeks and could complete the transfer imminently.
'It's now 99% likely that Mutu will sign a contract with Juventus Torino today,' Mutu's agent, Ioan Becali, told Romanian channel TV Sport.
Mutu is to fly to Turin for a medical, and it is expected that he will sign a 12-month contract.
His departure from Stamford Bridge, albeit on a temporary basis, comes just a year after he signed from Parma.
The 25-year-old cost Chelsea £15.8million, but after a bright start to his career in the Premiership there came a lull in his performances and he finished last season with just six league goals.
The arrival of Didier Drogba apparently pushed Mutu to the back of the queue for places in Jose Mourinho's attack.
The Romanian was a major success in Italian football, and scored 17 goals in 30 matches during the 2002/03 season before signing for Chelsea, forging a lethal partnership with Adriano, who has since joined Inter Milan, another of Mutu's former clubs.
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