Parma are reportedly open to selling Giovanni Leoni amid growing interest from Liverpool and Inter Milan.
According to Sky Sport via FCInterNews, the Crusaders have set the starting price at €30 million.
Despite recent reports suggesting otherwise, Parma will negotiate the sale of the 18-year-old.
Indeed, Giovanni Leoni is the club’s most prized asset, meaning his exit will significantly bolster their coffers.
Therefore, the race for his signature is officially underway.
Parma Open to Selling Liverpool & Inter Milan Target Giovanni Leoni
Liverpool’s interest has gained momentum in recent days.
Indeed, after their pursuit of Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi suffered a blow, they’ve turned to Leoni.
Meanwhile, Inter have been hot on the youngster’s trail since the start of the summer.
However, a lack of finances has thrown a spanner in the works, forcing the San Siro club to sit and wait.
Despite Parma’s initial €40 million valuation, they’ve shown readiness to lower their demands.
That must be music to Liverpool’s ears, considering they boast the economic prowess to pull off a deal of this magnitude.
Liverpool about to sign him for 35M
Another player lost to us. Horrible transfer season by us
I’ll say Leoni is more important than Lookman. We’ve already lost De Winter, so the immediate targets should be Leoni and Frendup. It clearly seems like there’s no chance of Donnarumma, Ederson or any ‘star’ players.
30m + 5m bonuses !
If we lose out on Leoni for €30, then Moratta and Ausillio might as well pack up and leave!! Our failure to get things done is ridiculous!! Given Atalantas stubborn refusal to sell to us, and now the fact that Lookman is injured, with no pre season, and Afcon on the way, we should get on with things, and get Leoni and Chiesa for around €45 million!! Better that than the likes of Nkunku or Sancho eating up our transfer budget!!
Thing is Leoni has played only a very small number of games in Serie A, so integrating him straight into a team with a lot of pressure might harm his development process. He is a big gamble.
Chiesa is useless at this point. His salary is way bigger than his contribution. We need players with a future, not players of the past.
Leoni is a beast, and it’s not like we’ve been linked with anyone else… I was hoping we’d sign Solet, but we haven’t even tried….
Chiesa isn’t what he once was, but he’d be relatively cheap, and is the same age as Lookman… 70% Chiesa is still a better option than Sancho or Nkunku…. I’d be happy with Openda, Simmons or Nusa, but we won’t pay the asking price for any of those…
chiesa salary is too high for back up player. he get 6M/year curently, if he come to inter with that number, every starting ix agen will riot ask rise. An i dont think chieasa willing to reduce his salary joining inter.
since you know about director job why don’t you go and apply for one
Oh, so sorry smart arse… am I the first person in the comments section to voice an opinion? prick…..
Don’t get what’s taking so long. Just make an opening offer and see where it goes from there. Why lose someone so young that can stay there for at most 2 decades.
Marotta been on vacation, ausilio wasted time on lookman. We wont sign anyone else, which is unfortunate.
Perfect. Offer them $25 mill and 4mil in bonus. Or maybe a dead weight player for a reduced cost.