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The Euro quickly turned sour for the Italian team, eliminated by its Swiss neighbor in the round of 16. A disastrous performance for the one who is still, for a few days, the reigning European champion. Despite this disappointing competition, some players were still able to shine, like Gianluigi Donnarumma, the Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper. Riccardo Calafiori also showed some good things in the axis of the transalpine defense.
A revelation this season with Bologna, then with Italy during Euro 2024, the 22-year-old player should change air this summer. As is usual, players who reveal themselves to the general public in an international competition are very quickly coveted. The central defender thus arouses the interest of many big European clubs, and will be one of the main animators of this summer transfer window 2024.
A departure for England
According to Sky Italia, the player is even quite close to finding his future club. If Chelsea, Bayer Leverkusen and even Paris Saint-Germain have come to the news recently, while Juventus were also on the case, it is Arsenal who are in pole position to offer the services of the Italian.
The Gunners have already made an offer to the Italian and hope to conclude the deal this week. Mikel Arteta presented a convincing project to the one who is still a Bologna player and it will now be necessary to agree on the terms of the operation with the Italian team. Some transalpine media have been talking in recent days about a sale price set at 40 million euros, rather within the reach of the Londoners…
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