Arsenal have placed Nicolo Tresoldi on their summer transfer wishlist and are the frontrunners to sign the Club Brugge striker this summer, in line with reports in Germany.
Tresoldi is having fun with an attention grabbing debut season with Club Brugge having joined from German second-tier outfit Hannover 96 in a £6million deal last summer.
The 21-year-old has rapidly established himself as one of the vital exciting young talents in Belgian football with a powerful return of 13 goals and two assists in 30 league appearances for Club Brugge.
But just months after arriving within the Belgian Pro League, there may be mounting speculation that Tresoldi might be poached by one in every of Europe’s elite teams, with the teen’s performances not going unnoticed overseas.
In response to German newspaper Bild, clubs across the continent are starting to indicate a ‘great interest’ and Premier League leaders Arsenal are amongst those to have placed the centre-forward ‘on their shortlist’.
Bild’s Head of Football, Christian Falk, provided somewhat more detail along with his followers on X, claiming the Gunners have established themselves because the ‘favourites’ to wrap up a deal for Tresoldi and discussions are well underway.
He adds that Arsenal are ‘seriously interested’ in bringing the Germany Under-21 international to the Emirates as they give the impression of being to further bolster their frontline for next season.
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It comes after the club moved to strengthen their attacking options with the addition of Viktor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke for a combined fee of around £165m last summer.
Tresoldi, who was born in Italy to an Italian father and an Argentinian mother, is tied right into a contract with Club Brugge until June 2029.
Along with the rumours and gossip surrounding his club future, there may be also some uncertainty over Tresoldi’s next steps within the international arena.
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Tresoldi is understood to be within the thoughts of Julian Nagelsmann because the potential focus of Germany’s attack down the road. Nevertheless, Bild write that the Argentinian Football Association have contacted the player’s inner circle to gauge whether he can be open to switching allegiance.
At a press conference in November, Nagelsmann hinted that Tresoldi might be in with a shot of being included in Germany’s squad for this yr’s World Cup in america, Mexico and Canada.
‘There are a lot of players in the combo who could make the squad,’ the Germany head coach told reporters.
‘That would include Assan Ouedraogo, that might include Lennart Karl, that might include Nicolo Tresoldi.’
AC Milan have been credited with a robust interest in Tresoldi previously and just last month, the young forward talked up a possible switch to the San Siro.
‘It wouldn’t be bad to attain a goal with the Milan shirt from a Rafael Leao assist,’ he told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
‘I’ve met him once at San Siro. I’m a Milan fan, and I actually enjoyed it. It was nice and unexpected.
‘Milan is a dream that pushes me to work day-after-day.
‘I’m really comfortable here at Club Brugge, but I do know I actually have a great distance ahead of me.
‘The dream of playing for Milan is inside my head, and I give it some thought every morning once I get up.’
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