Striker nears £20m Juventus move after 2020 Southampton talks

Southampton are sometimes forward of the curve in the case of figuring out the following technology of footballing superstars.

Sadio Mane was hardly a family identify in Hampshire or past when he arrived in England practically seven years in the past in any case.

The South Coast membership had been additionally prepared to make the leap on a proficient younger defender by the identify of Virgil van Dijk in 2015. Within the blink of an eye fixed, the totemic Dutchman was taking the well-worn path from Southampton to Liverpool, banking the Saints a cool £62 million revenue.

However, in the case of Gianluca Scamacca, it’s laborious to not be reminded of an interview former Saints proprietor Rupert Lowe gave to the Athletic in December.

Lengthy earlier than he was firing Chelsea to Champions League glory, a younger Didier Drogba had powered himself onto Southampton’s radar after making a reputation for himself throughout the Channel.

Southampton did not get a deal over the road and the remaining, as they are saying, was historical past.

Scamacca isn’t any Drogba (not but, a minimum of).

However, eight months after he held talks over a possible transfer to St Mary’s (Il Mianista), the Italy U21 worldwide is on the centre of an almighty tug-of-war with two of Europe’s greatest golf equipment holding the rope.

“If there are situations essential, we’ll make our assessments. There may be not solely Juventus on him. We additionally talked about Scamacca with Milan,” explained Sassuolo director Giovanni Carnevali of an old-school goal man who has impressed on mortgage at Serie A rivals Genoa.

Corriere dello Sport claims that Juventus are in talks over a deal that might set them again round £20 million. It’s no secret that Andrea Pirlo desires a bodily, penalty-box presence to supply competitors for Alvaro Morata and Cristiano Ronaldo.

After being linked with the veteran duo of Olivier Giroud and Graziano Pelle, Scamacca has emerged as the primary alternative.

“He has distinctive traits: many examine him bodily to (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic, and I feel he additionally resembles him technically,” former Sassuolo coach Christian Bucchi informed TMW.

“He has to forge his character with expertise and he can go a great distance.”

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