{"id":20301,"date":"2022-06-06T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/06\/arsenal-must-beware-sassuolo-repeat-in-gianluca-scamacca-chase-as-interest-confirmed\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T12:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T16:00:35","slug":"arsenal-must-beware-sassuolo-repeat-in-gianluca-scamacca-chase-as-interest-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/06\/06\/arsenal-must-beware-sassuolo-repeat-in-gianluca-scamacca-chase-as-interest-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal must beware Sassuolo repeat in Gianluca Scamacca chase as interest confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sassuolo CEO Giovanni Carnevali has played down Arsenal interest in his side\u2019s prodigious forward Gianluca Scammaca, claiming that there is nothing concrete with any club for the young forward as of right now.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old enjoyed a strong season in green and black even as his side could only manage midtable, scoring 16 times in 36 Serie A outings.<\/p>\n<p>And, in Arsenal\u2019s chase for a striker, his name has been mentioned regularly in media outlets across Italy and England, with rumours that a bid had even gone in and been rebuffed for the Italian forward.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1702152\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1702152\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1702152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/italy-v-lithuania-2022-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-1649871186.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal must beware Sassuolo repeat in Gianluca Scamacca chase as interest confirmed\" width=\"1024\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/italy-v-lithuania-2022-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-1649871186.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/italy-v-lithuania-2022-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-1649871186-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/italy-v-lithuania-2022-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-1649871186-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/italy-v-lithuania-2022-fifa-world-cup-qualifier-1649871186-910x595.jpg 910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1702152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gianluca Scamacca of Italy looks on during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier match between Italy and Lithuania at Mapei Stadium \u2013 Citta\u2019 del Tricolore on September 08, 2021 in Reggio nell\u2019Emilia, . (Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, speaking to Sky Sports (and relayed by Fabrizio Romano), Carnevali made it clear that nothing had been taken any further than informal talks as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s nothing concrete yet for Scamacca, just some contacts with some clubs\u2019, he revealed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Of course, after playing with the National team the interest is now growing\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who those clubs are, though Inter Milan are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1533759633294344192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not thought to be working<\/a> on any deal for the Italian at present, despite rumours suggesting otherwise.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sassuolo CEO Carnevali on Arsenal bid rumours for Scamacca: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing concrete yet for Scamacca, just some contacts with some clubs\u201d, he told Sky Sport. ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course, after playing with the National team the interest is now growing\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1533804443527000064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Scamacca himself has claimed that he is not reading speculation about his future, focussing instead on what happens on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t read these things. Only the pitch counts. The numbers are made up by the clubs. For me, the pitch and have fun counts\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.italy-24.com\/local\/amp\/481793\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">he admitted.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal wary of Locatelli repeat<\/h2>\n<p>Mikel Arteta and Edu have been down this road before.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners have been used by Italian players and clubs to secure better deals in consecutive windows. In January, they pushed hard for Dusan Vlahovic, which eventually saw the Serbian get his dream move to Juventus.<\/p>\n<p>And they have previous with Sassuolo. Last summer, following impressive showings with Italy at Euro 2020, they chased Manuel Locatelli.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Arsenal have made an official bid for Locatelli,\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/arsenal-make-locatelli-bid-sassuolo-carnevali\/5gue9fd9qvm81xwh1xoe9k5qw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carnevali told\u00a0<em>Sky Sport Italia <\/em>last August<\/a>. \u2018They\u2019re pushing hard to sign Manuel and it\u2019s an important bid. We will see.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However, come the end of the window, Locatelli ended up at Juventus, on a two-year loan with an obligation to buy. Given how rare it is to see Italians in the Premier League, they need to be wary not to let history repeat itself for a third time.<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/transfers\/arsenal-linked-with-second-serie-a-striker\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Arsenal linked with second Serie A striker<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/mondays-transfer-rumours-nunez-gabriel-jesus-gabriel-diaby-gavi-and-more\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Monday\u2019s transfer rumours: Nunez, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel, Diaby, Gavi and more<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sassuolo CEO Giovanni Carnevali has played down Arsenal interest in his side\u2019s prodigious forward Gianluca Scammaca, claiming that there is nothing concrete with any club for the young forward as of right now. The 23-year-old enjoyed a strong season in green and black even as his side could only manage midtable, scoring 16 times in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-20301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}