Torino president Urbano Cairo admits he overpaid for Simone Verdi.
Toro coughed up 22m to sign the winger from Napoli.
We finished seventh and chose Verdi right away," he told Tuttosport.
I asked Napoli, through my friends Branchini and De Laurentiis, whom I called personally. It was a very wrong move on my part because if you contact a President in person, they make you pay more.
So much so that [De Laurentiis] told me they couldn't sell him until they found a replacement. We also considered some foreign options, but Verdi was our man.
We took him in the last few minutes of the transfer window, making a major effort. In any case, I gave [Napoli] a 22m gift that I've never even given to my wife."
