Next season in the Serie A will change many things, starting with the attackers in Juventus, Roma, Napoli, Atalanta and beyond.
Vlahovic on a free?
The most striking matter is Dusan Vlahovic. The Bianceri signed him a while ago for more than € 80 million, and now they are said to let him go … for nothing! The Juventus board is ready to offer the striker a contract termination. Why? Well, there are quite a few reasons.
Dusan could not live up to expectations: he scored 58 goals (with 14 assists) in 145 performances, difficulty in fitting in the tactical plans of various Juventus managers and has to do with persistent lies pain, which certainly made it more difficult.
What he needed was consistency and continuity, but recurring injuries and stop-and-go spells made that impossible. Now that the Bianconeri Jonathan David have brought in and are still looking for another striker, Vlahovic is confronted with a choice: accept the club's offer so that he can move elsewhere and tries to rediscover his shape and continuity. In the meantime, Juventus is also trying to hold on to Randal Kolo Muani, although PSG seems to be unlikely to soften their attitude.
Retegui's Saudi choice
Another name that shakes the transfer market is Mateo Retegui. Pichichi from last season from Serie A comes close to Al-Qadsiah, who have offered Atalanta € 67 million and more than € 20 million per season to the player himself. It is difficult to blame someone for accepting such an offer.
So Atalanta of Ivan Juric will be looking for a new striker, and Lorenzo Lucca Van Udinese looks like the ideal candidate, although Napoli also has him on their shortlist. Last season, Retegui scored 25 league goals, six more than Moise Kean, who was second in the TopScorer -Hitrists (Series Series A Strict, no international competitions). So the best striker of the competition and the Italian number 9 is set to leave. What happens in the Serie A?
Elephant cemetery
The only club that is apparently satisfied with the attacking options is Inter. They have just signed Ange-Yoan Bonny and are not planning to maintain offers for Lautaro Martínez, their captain or Marcus Thuram.
Fiorentina has brought Edin Džeko back from Turkey, although he is at dusk of his career. Likewise, Bologna has decided to bring Ciro Immobile back to Italy. Two major strikers from the recent past, both in the vicinity of retirement, but Fiorentina and Bologna think they can still add value. Does Serie A go ahead or backwards?
It is an interesting debate. It once again said that Italians said that Turkish football was the cemetery of the elephants “, but now it feels like the opposite is happening.
Napoli and Roma are also working on the market and both seem ready to renew their attacking lines. The Italian champions sell Victor Osimhen to Galatasaray, which will give them the money to move for Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) or Lorenzo Lucca, while also keeping a breathola lookman an eye on.
Antonio Conte wants to win another scudetto, and club president Aurelio de Laurentiis works to give him the tools to do it. Money will not be a problem, but Napoli still has to make the right offer to Liverpool or Udinese. And let's not forget that Conte already has Romelu Lukaku, they work on an exciting duo. Let's see what happens.
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As far as Roma is concerned, the Giallorossi seem to be looking for an alternative to Artem Dovbyk, and they are also close to the sale of Eldor Shomurodov to Istanbul Basaksehir after a decent end to last season. The hottest name connected to them is Evan Ferguson: once tipped to become one of the best number 9s of his generation, but injuries and other setbacks delayed him.
Now he is looking for a new start, and both Roma and Atalanta are interested. Gian Piero Gasperini could also consider bringing Rasmus Højlund back, who struggled in Manchester United but seemed in Bergamo during his time. Dovbyk scored various goals last year, but his versions did not convince all Roma fans.
Selling him without a financial loss can be difficult to be difficult, so Gasperini plans to evaluate him closely during the preseason. After all, he has always succeeded in scoring his strikers freely, now it can be the turn of Artem.
In any case, the big rolling of the strikers has only just begun.