Inter Milan have agreed conditions over the transfer of Italian FIFA World Cup TM-winning defender Fabio Grosso to six-time French champions Lyon.

"The player arrived late on Friday evening and passed his medical test before signing his contract with the club on Saturday morning, all three parties invovled are in agreement," Olivier Blanc, communications director of the French club, told AFP.

The 29-year-old Italian will be present at a ceremony at Lyon's Town Hall to launch the French champions 2007/08 season. Grosso is Lyon's highest-profile summer signing and will come as relief to a club who saw the depature of France international left-back Eric Abidal to Spanish giants Barcelona.

Lyon, chasing a record seventh consecutive Ligue 1 title, have also signed Nadir Belhadj from French first division rivals Sedan and Mathieu Bodmer and Kadar Keita both from Lille.

The Italian League champions decided to release Grosso after just one year at the club. The imposing defender played 23 matches in the league last term, scoring two goals.

Grosso will be the third Italian to play for the club since it was founded following Orenzo Dito and Aridex Caligaris in the 1950s.