Newcastle ‘keeping tabs’ on £25m-rated Italy star amid Arsenal links

According to reports, Newcastle United are ‘keeping tabs’ on £25m-rated Domenico Berardi, who is being scouted by Arsenal and Leicester City.

The 27-year-old has been an integral player for Sassuolo over the past nine seasons.

Last summer, he shone for Italy as they beat England in the final of the European Championships.

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Berardi was linked with a big move ahead of this season but he ended up staying with Sassuolo. He has grabbed 14 goals and eleven assists in Serie A this term.

The Italian is only contracted until 2024 so Sassuolo could look to cash in on their prized asset this summer.

Chronicle Live are reporting that Newcastle are ‘keeping tabs’ on Berardi. They acknowledge that he has been scouted by Arsenal and Leicester City of late.

Sassuolo are set to demand £25m for their forward during the summer transfer window.

Elsewhere, Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has vowed to take a cautious approach with key men Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier as they prepare to step up their returns from injury.

Striker Wilson, who has been out with an Achilles problem since late December but is back in light training, and full-back Tripper, who fractured a metatarsal in mid-February, are currently at the Magpies’ training camp in Dubai.

Howe said: “I’d say they’re on schedule from where they were given their respective injuries, but I wouldn’t say necessarily ahead of schedule.

“They’re both serious injuries, both enough to obviously be operated on and go through a very intense rehab period.

“Callum’s injury, you have to be very careful with, that we don’t push him back too quickly and he ends up injuring himself again because the Achilles/calf is a very delicate area of the body and you need to make sure it’s robust enough to withstand heavy load.

“Kieran’s is slightly different. [It’s] a bone injury and I think, touch wood, if he can come through the early stages of coming out in his boots and then progressing quite quickly, he’s one we could see back in action hopefully pretty soon.

“But with both injuries, I do think we have to be very cautious. We don’t want to re-injure the player.”