The Gran Gala in Rimini began yesterday evening summer session of a football transfer market which promises to be intriguing. The Bologna sports director was also present, John Sartoriwho spoke openly about two very hot topics in the Bolognese environment, those linked to Joshua Zirkzee e Riccardo CalafioriMuch of the rossoblù market will depend on the future of the two players, protagonists last year with Thiago Motta.
Zirkzee away from Bologna, the names to replace him
Confirmed also by Sartori himself, The Dutchman will not wear the Bologna shirt 99.9% certainty. After several weeks of rumours, therefore, the departure of Zirkzee is practically certain, who has been first linked to Milan and recently to Manchester United. And Bologna? Sartori and co would be in a hurry to close this affair, also because they need to get to work to find a replacement, a starter.
I names on the notebook of the management are different, starting from Fotis Ioannidis. Greek may be considered the first choice but the competition is strong and Bologna, strong of the agreement already reached with the playerrisks being overtaken by the other contenders. Shadedthen, both Pavlidis That Strand Larsenone towards Benfica and the other towards Wolverhampton, Bologna probes MikautadzeThe 23-year-old Georgian, a revelation striker at Euro 2024 with 3 goals and 1 assist, has just been bought by Ajax for 12 million euros and the West Ham have expressed interest.
Calafiori Chapter: Bologna’s Will
Having left Euro 2024 early with Italy, Riccardo Calafiori will enjoy a few weeks of vacation before starting the season again with the rossoblù. Yesterday evening, in fact, Giovanni Sartori reiterated that the club has no intention of selling him and the will is to make him a pillar of the rossoblù project. It’s true, ButThat in the face of offers greater than or equal to 50 million of euros we will sit down and we will talk. From the Premier League here come the appreciations major, with Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham in the mix.
In the event that, therefore, we were to find ourselves faced with the sale of Riccardo, the rossoblù have set their sights on Leonardo Balerdi, 25 before argentino of Marseille highly appreciated by both Sartori and Atalanta. In addition to him, there are also the names of Pongracic of Lecce and of Bosko Sutalo of Dinamo Zagreb. Also Martin Erlicleaving Sassuolo, represents a valid alternative.
Bologna vigilant on other fronts
In addition to the situations related to Zirkzee and Calafiori, Bologna is also monitoring other players in other roles. For example, at Casteldebole looking for an attacking winger and the names that stand out are those of change them and of Viktor Djukanovictalento montenegrino dell’Hammarby on which there are also Lazio and Como. In midfield departmentinstead, we await the resumption of training for understand which strategy to best adopt and if there is a need Of to go in search of a possible attacking midfielder, half-winger o medium.
General recap of the rossoblù market
Bologna’s transfer market had already begun some time ago with l’acquisto definitiveo di Jens Odgaardredeemed by AZ Alkmaar for 4 million euros, and with the purchase of Emil Holm from Spezia. Together with the right back, surprisingly, the left back also arrived: Juan Miranda24 year old from Betis, is now close to becoming a rossoblù footballer. In the next few hours, in fact, the free transfer of the full-back, now ex-Betis, should be formalized, who yesterday made his farewell official. Finally, regarding the outgoing market, Sydney Van Hooijdonkreturned from a disappointing loan spell at Norwich, has requests from Bari and Milwall.
Source: Il Resto del Carlino, Corriere di Bologna
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