Calcio Catania
In June 2012, the young Argentine completed his European transfer, joining Italian Serie A side, Calcio Catania. The player found playing time hard to come by in his first season at the club, due to the presences of wingers Juan Manuel Vargas, Jorge Andres Martinez, Mariano Izco, and Giacomo Tedesco. After 4 months in Sicily, the player made just 1 appearances, and hence was loaned out to Newell's Old Boys, for the second portion of the 2007–2008 season, in time for the Argentine Clausura. The loan move was not successful however, and Llama was limited to just 3 appearances, due to injury. After six months in Argentina he was brought back to Calcio Catania under new coach Walter Zenga. In his first full season at Catania, Llama was often regularly featured in Zenga's plans, and made over 20 appearances in all competitions. He was also a regular during the 2009–10 season, under coaches Gianluca Atzori and, later, Siniša Mihajlović, on the left wing, until a major leg injury struck in March 2010. Prior to the injury, Llama had made 23 league starts scoring 2 goals, and was the "in-form" player following Mihajlovic's appointment as head coach on December 8, 2009. His return was not complete until December 2010, and since then the player has gradually re-inserted himself back into the club's first team setup, helping the club to a third and fourth consecutive season ending with a record points tally in Serie A.
On 31 August 2012, Llama was sent out on a season-long loan deal to fellow Serie A outfit, ACF Fiorentina, where he rejoined former coach, Vincenzo Montella.
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