Manchester City and Liverpool have signed Erling Haaland and Darwin Núñez respectively and the next Premier League star striker could arrive from Serie A.
The Premier League giants have already completed two of the best signings of the summer, securing the services of Haaland and Núñez, two of the most exciting strikers in Europe, along with PSG’s Kylian Mbappé and Juventus‘ Dusan Vlahovic.
The Reds and City are expected to be again the leading Premier League title contenders in 2022-23, but more English clubs are looking for new strikers next season. Among them, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United have all set their sights on Serie A stars.
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Victor Osimhen, Gianluca Scamacca and Lautaro Martinez are among the centre forwards who could move to the Premier League from Italy during the summer transfer window, although their signing won’t come cheap for any suitor.
Lautaro has just completed his best season in Serie A, scoring 21 goals in 35 appearances. Scamacca netted 16 in 36 games, while Osimhen managed 14 goals in 27 games, missing more than two months of action with a cheekbone injury.
Arsenal are following both Scamacca and Osimhen, but Sassuolo value the Italy international at €50m, while Napoli won’t let Osi leave for less than €100m. They already rejected a similar offer from Newcastle United in the January transfer window.
According to Sky Sport Italia, PSG have made the first step towards signing Scamacca, but their €35m bid plus add-ons is still not enough for the Neroverdi.
Chelsea and Tottenham have been linked with Lautaro, but there are still no official offers for Inter. His agent claimed last week that El Toro doesn’t want to leave, also considering his recent contract extension until June 2026.
However, the Nerazzurri are in talks for Paulo Dybala and Romelu Lukaku and will need to sell one striker plus Alexis Sanchez to afford both strikers. Antonio Conte and Fabio Paratici are admirers of the Argentina international and the former Juventus director made an offer to sign him a year ago. However, it was too late at that time as Inter had already agreed to sell Lukaku to Chelsea.