West Ham United striker Gianluca Scamacca has no doubts – any team that signs him will be doing great business.
Speaking to Italian news outlet Cronache di Spogliatoio, via FCInterNews, the 24-year-old Italian international backed himself to be a success at any club he joins amid transfer links to some of Serie A’s elite including Inter Milan and Roma.
Scamacca’s a player whose future currently looks a bit up in the air despite the fact that he only joined West Ham last summer.
The Hammers signed the Italian from Sassuolo with big expectations. These came with a sizable transfer fee.
However, in his first season in the Premier League, the ex-Neroverdi star never quite hit the ground running.
Scamacca never managed to establish himself as the first-choice starter at the London Stadium. Injuries also played a role in limiting his opportunities and momentum.
This does not, however, mean that big clubs don’t continue to monitor Scamacca. Particularly in his homeland.
Inter are reportedly considering the 24-year-old as a target in their summer search for a striker. Roma have also been strongly linked.
And the likes of AC Milan and Juventus have also been persistently linked.
Scamacca’s status as an Italian international and the talent that was on show during his time with Sassuolo perhaps made this inevitable.
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Scamacca noted that “For the past two years my Instagram has just been flooded with posts where people are tagging me in transfer links.”
“A lot of people continue to see me as a talent that’s yet to express itself,” the 24-year-old reflected. “I know that, 100%, whoever signs me is going to be getting a deal.”
“I think I just need to be in the right place at the right time,” Scamacca added.
As for where he’ll end up moving to, the striker mused that “We’ll have to wait and see what life throws my way.”
“Still, I don’t think I’ll ever get to a point where I’ve finished,” the Azzurri striker said.
“In my head I always set myself two types of goals – those for the short term and then those for the longer term.”
“Even if I score twenty goals next season, after that I’m hungry to score 22 the next one,” Scamacca said.
The striker admitted that “I’m very hard on myself, very demanding.”
“That’s been the case ever since I used to play on the street in my neighbourhood in Rome,” he noted.
Scamacca said that “I’m from the streets. I’m born and raised on the streets.”
