The 19-year-old spent the latter half of the 2023-24 campaign on loan with Roma in Serie A, making 13 top flight appearances for the Giallorossi, as well as his one cameo appearance in the league for parent club Juventus earlier in the campaign.
An exciting talent, Juventus are still prepared to part ways with their Next Gen graduate in order to raise funds for Thiago Motta’s first-team transfer targets this summer.
Among the leading candidates to join the Old Lady this summer are Nice centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo, who had also been linked with Manchester United and West Ham earlier in the window, and Atalanta midfielder Teun Koopmeiners.
Juve have already welcomed Khephren Thuram in from Nice this summer, as wella s Douglas Luiz from Aston Villa, former Monza goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio and left-back Juan Cabal from Hellas Verona.
Arsenal continue their pre-season preparations against Bournemouth on Thursday morning, with the two Premier League sides meeting in a friendly in the United States.
The Gunners have been in action just once during pre-season so far, beating Leyton Orient 2-0 in a behind-closed-doors friendly. Goals from Gabriel Jesus and Emile Smith Rowe helped Mikel Arteta’s experienced and expensive lineup coast to a comfortable victory, but they will face sterner tests in the coming weeks as they travel across the Atlantic Ocean.
Bournemouth have already taken to the field in the US, facing League One side Wrexham. Marcos Senesi’s second-half strike earned the Cherries a 1-1 draw after James Hill’s earlier own goal, but they will need to improve when they face Arsenal in the early hours on Thursday.
Arsenal have travelled with a mixture of first-team stars and youngsters to the United States. One of those fresher faces is Tommy Setford who has just signed from Ajax and the 18-year-old goalkeeper could get some minutes against the Cherries.
Full-backs Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney are currently sidelined with injuries and won’t feature, while eight players are guaranteed to miss out due to their progression at Euro 2024 and the Copa America – including Bukayo Saka, Declan Rice and William Saliba.
However, Arteta is likely to utilise the experienced heads he has available to him, with Martin Odegaard, Ben White and Jesus among the likely starters.
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