BOLOGNA – Daniel Hackett is officially a new player of the Virtus Bologna. The blue director, after having obtained permission from CSKA Moscow to return to Italydiscussed the termination of the contract with the Russian club and once obtained the green light to sign a contract that will bind him up to June 2024 to the reigning Italian champions. Hackett will be able to play both in the league and also in Eurocup as the market deadline is set for 8 March, in addition, he further strengthens the external department together with Milos Teodosic, Alessandro Pajola e Nico Mannion. These are the words of the CEO Luca Baraldi: “After a complex and difficult negotiation, once again conducted with great patience and skillful mastery by our DG Paolo Ronci, Daniel enriches the large list of players who represent the best expression of Italian basketball both nationally and internationally. I’m sure Daniel can add that extra point of character needed by a team that has been built to achieve important sporting goals.”