Colombian forward Juan Cuadrado has joined Juventus from Chelsea on a three-year loan, the Italian champions revealed on Wednesday.

Cuadrado had already spent last season on loan in Turin, playing 40 times.

Juve will pay Chelsea five million euros ($5.5m) a season with the option to buy Cuadrado for 25 million euros at any point during the loan period.

That permanent acquisition could also be triggered by certain conditions under the contract.

Chelsea only bought Cuadrado from Fiorentina in February 2015 and during his short spell in west London he played in the League Cup final win over Tottenham a month later, as well as 12 Premier League matches as the club then managed by Jose Mourinho won the English title.