Cagliari, Palestra turning heads: not just Napoli chasing the youngster | OneFootball

After starting the season with the poise of a veteran, Marco Palestra is attracting increasing attention from the international football scene. The winger, who has had an outstanding start to the league, has put the spotlight on himself, once again confirming the excellence of the Nerazzurri youth academy from which he hails.

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As reported by Corriere dello Sport, the future of the 2005-born player is still a puzzle to be solved, with only one certainty: the operation is firmly under Atalanta’s control. In fact, the Sardinian club managed to secure the player only on a dry loan deal. This means that, regardless of his performance (which has been outstanding), at the end of the season Palestra will pack his bags and return to Bergamo. There are no buyout rights or options: La Dea wanted to maintain total control over his contract. In June, therefore, the real scenario will unfold. The Orobic management and technical staff will have to make a strategic decision: either permanently integrate the youngster into the first team to make him the new key player on the flanks, or capitalize on his breakout by listening to the calls from the transfer market. And those calls are already deafening: Napoli, Milan, and Juventus have already highlighted his name in red in their notebooks, but watch out for the wealthy Premier League clubs, who are monitoring him very closely.

Palestra’s trajectory also confirms the strong partnership and winning synergy between Cagliari and Atalanta. Sardinia is proving to be an ideal stage for showcasing Orobic talents. Already last season, players like Adopo, Zortea, and Piccoli landed on the island, finding space, playing time, and goals, only to be significantly revalued in the summer transfer market. Palestra seems destined to follow in their footsteps, but with perhaps an even longer line of suitors.

Andrea Alati

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