Reports: Mauro Icardi under close watch from Serie A giant 👀 | OneFootball

Napoli is in the market for a striker after Romelu Lukaku suffered a serious injury. According to various European media outlets, the current Serie A champion is interested in Mauro Icardi, who returned to play last week after suffering a meniscus and anterior cruciate ligament injury in his knee.

“After being substituted in the last preseason match against Olympiacos, Romelu Lukaku underwent tests at Pineta Grande Hospital, which revealed a serious injury to the rectus femoris muscle in his left thigh,” Napoli announced on its social media channels. The Belgian striker, who scored 14 goals and provided 11 assists last season, is expected to be out for the next three months.

In the final days of the transfer market, the team led by Aurelio De Laurentis began a desperate search for a center-forward, considering that the only option left on the roster is Lorenzo Lucca, after Giovanni Simeone’s departure to Torino.

In this context, Fanatik and Hurriyet, two European media outlets, reported that one of the strikers on the team’s radar is Mauro Icardi, who scored again in the thrashing of Karagümrük last Thursday after 281 days. The Argentine striker is in advanced negotiations to renew his contract for two years, but would not be opposed to returning to Serie A on loan.

Other strikers on Napoli’s list are Artem Dovbyk and Dusan Vlahovic, attackers for Roma and Juventus, respectively. It is worth noting that Icardi was close to joining the club in 2019, but ultimately landed at Paris Saint-Germain.

The team led by Antonio Conte will have to find the ideal center-forward to replace Lukaku for the upcoming season, where they will have quadruple competition: they will try to defend their Serie A title, play in the Champions League, the Supercoppa, and the Coppa Italia.

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