Sampdoria reportedly passed up the chance to sign Divock Origi in order to focus on Simone Zaza.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Samp were offered Origi but decided to play it safe with Zaza, who should arrive from Valencia in a €14m deal.
The Belgian was considered one of Europe’s brightest prospects when Liverpool paid €14m to sign him from Lille as a 19-year-old in 2014.
Sampdoria reportedly passed up the chance to sign Divock Origi in order to focus on Simone Zaza.
According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Samp were offered Origi but decided to play it safe with Zaza, who should arrive from Valencia in a €14m deal.
The Belgian was considered one of Europe’s brightest prospects when Liverpool paid €14m to sign him from Lille as a 19-year-old in 2014.
However, he has struggled to build on his early promise and scored just six times for Wolfsburg during a loan spell last season.
The newspaper expects him to join another Bundesliga club before the transfer window shuts in Germany.