{"id":202407,"date":"2024-07-23T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/23\/bologna-make-riccardo-calafiori-pre-season-decision-amid-arsenal-rumours\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T13:42:13","slug":"bologna-make-riccardo-calafiori-pre-season-decision-amid-arsenal-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/23\/bologna-make-riccardo-calafiori-pre-season-decision-amid-arsenal-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"Bologna make Riccardo Calafiori pre-season decision amid Arsenal rumours \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Riccardo Calafiori has been left out of Bologna\u2019s pre-season training camp as his prospective\u00a0transfer\u00a0to Arsenal gathers pace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Calafiori was one of the Serie A side\u2019s star performers last season as they shocked the rest of Italy and qualified for the Champions League under former manager Thiago Motta.<\/p>\n<p>Motta has since left the club to take charge of Juventus, while forward Joshua Zirkzee has also departed for Manchester United for a fee believed to be slightly more than his \u00a334m release clause.<\/p>\n<p>Calafiori, who impressed for Italy during their brief run at Euro 2024, is now thought to be closing in on a move to the Premier League and was left off new boss Vincenzo Italiano\u2019s squad for Bologna\u2019s pre-season training camp in Rio Pusteria.<\/p>\n<p>The omission goes against what was previously reported over Calafiori\u2019s expected last days at the club. It was claimed last week the 22-year-old had been\u00a0asked to attend their training camp\u00a0ahead of Bologna\u2019s summer friendlies, with clashes against SV Brixen, Caldiero Terme, Asteras Tripolis and Mallorca coming up over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/01j3dv9kx2jzb7rbrc0r.jpg\" alt=\"Italy v Turkiye - International Friendly\" title=\"Italy v Turkiye - International Friendly\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Calafiori has been heavily linked with Arsenal \/ Stefano Guidi\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>It has also emerged that Arsenal\u2019s bid to sign the defender had been complicated by a\u00a0legal dispute between two of his previous teams, Basel and Roma.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are believed to have\u00a0agreed a guaranteed fee of \u20ac40m (\u00a333.7m)\u00a0with a further \u20ac5m in add-ons and a sell-on clause.<\/p>\n<p>Calafiori primarily played at centre-back last season but his versatility is likely to be to Gunners manager Mikel Arteta\u2019s liking should the deal go through. The north London giants already have an established partnership consisting of William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes, but Calafiori can also play at left-back, where the likes of Oleksandr Zinchenko, Jakub Kiwior and Takehiro Tomiyasu all featured during the 2023\/24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riccardo Calafiori has been left out of Bologna\u2019s pre-season training camp as his prospective\u00a0transfer\u00a0to Arsenal gathers pace. Calafiori was one of the Serie A side\u2019s star performers last season as they shocked the rest of Italy and qualified for the Champions League under former manager Thiago Motta. 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