Atalanta striker Mateo Retegui is reported to be on the switch radar of Manchester United and Arsenal, with each side in want of a goalscorer forward of subsequent season.
Retegui has scored 20 targets in Serie A thus far in 2024/25, the primary participant within the historical past of Italy’s high flight to have reached that milestone by this stage of a marketing campaign. He’s additionally firmly within the European Golden Shoe race alongside Mohamed Salah (22) and Harry Kane (21).
It’s due to this fact comprehensible why the 25-year-old could be of curiosity to different golf equipment in want of a constant goalscorer. Manchester United entrance males Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee are unpolished growth initiatives, whereas Arsenal have lacked a dependable striker since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s kind very instantly hit the bricks after signing a profitable new contract in 2020.
Foot Mercato notes that each Premier League sides have already been in touch with Atalanta, with Aston Villa and Paris Saint-Germain additionally rumoured suitors.
Retegui has exploded from relative obscurity. It was as just lately as 2023 that he arrived in Italy from his native Argentina, signed by Genoa from Boca Juniors however having a lot of his profession success as much as that in two years on mortgage with lesser recognized membership Tigre.
Seven Serie A targets off the bat final season wasn’t an excellent quantity, however he was already an Italy worldwide – eligible by way of his Sicilian grandfather – earlier than even leaving South America. However Atalanta noticed sufficient to put down €28m to signal the participant, moreover prompted by Gianluca Scamacca struggling a long-term knee harm, and have reaped the rewards.
Retegui has a contract with Atalanta till 2028.
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