Change of supervisor might harm Arsenal in switch bid for hotshot Joshua Zirkzee

Arsenal might need to compete with Juventus for the providers of Bologna centre-forward Joshua Zirkzee this summer time, in line with a little bit of two-plus-two considering within the Italian press.

Thiago Motta is taken into account a forerunner for the Juventus supervisor’s job if Max Allegri opts to depart the membership for a second time this summer time – a definite chance, in line with studies popping out of Italy.

Motta is, after all, at the moment Zirkzee’s gaffer at Bologna – so the reasoning is that if the supervisor makes the transfer to Turin, he might badger Juve into making a bid of their very own for Zirkzee.

Large-man striker Zirkzee has been a giant a part of Bologna’s successes this season, claiming 11 targets and 5 assists in his 33 Serie A outings.

That led to studies in January that Arsenal had been weighing up a bid for Zirkzee’s providers to assist fill a specific goal man position within the squad that has been kind of vacant since Olivier Giroud left for Chelsea in 2018.

However La Gazzetta Dello Sport write that Motta taking a spin on managerial merry-go-round might pose an obstacle to a transfer, even when the Gunners would nonetheless maintain the higher hand in terms of assembly Juve’s £51m asking worth.

Motta is but to decide over his future regardless of his present contract set to expire subsequent month.

With simply three video games to go and a four-point benefit over fifth-placed Roma, Bologna are on the right track to have a good time their finest league end since 1967 and clinch a Champions League place.

They might but overtake Juventus to complete third, with the Bianconeri simply two factors forward of them; the 2 sides will go face to face within the penultimate recreation of the season.

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