JAMES Troisi was forced to train alone at Atalanta just days before Ange Postecoglou secured the Socceroos attacking midfielder on a one-season loan deal.

Atalanta today signed release papers but it wasn't a straight forward process for Troisi.



He is expected to board a flight to Melbourne on Wednesday before hopping on a domestic jet to join his new teammates for Victory matches in Tasmania on the weekend.



Italian sources told The Advertiser Juventus co-owners of Troisi with Atalanta intervened to allow Troisi a passage to Victory after the Bergamo-based club became difficult.

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Troisi who signed an extension on the co-ownership deal in June until 2015 trained with Juventus for five weeks in preseason before he was allowed a five-day leave pass to pursue offers in England with Blackburn Rovers and Norwich City.



But after Norwich showed a lot of interest in securing the Adelaide-born 25-year-old wage demands from Atalanta seemingly stalled the English Premier League loan deal.



After returning to Atalanta Troisi was told to train away from the Serie A club's first team seemingly while Victory was trying to lure him to the A-League.



With Middle Eastern clubs in hot pursuit of the attacker, Troisi reportedly rejected a Qatari club offer yesterday,



Postecoglou's personal phone call to the Socceroos convinced him that Victory was the club to lead him back into World Cup national team contention.



Troisi missed the Socceroos cut for the France and Canada games next month but could come back into the national team fray if he starts his Victory season in hot form.



Postecoglou this morning confirmed Troisi's signature.



"Throughout his time in Europe, James has shown that he has the talent and attributes to compete at the highest levels of club football," Postecoglou said.



"At just 25, James is in the prime of his career, so we are extremely excited about what he will bring to Melbourne Victory.



"He obvious has a desire to get back into the Socceroos setup, and there's no better way to state his case than to have an impressive A-League season."

Originally published as Troisi forced to be Atalanta outcast