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West Ham, Newcastle & Leicester in talks to sign Juventus' Sturaro (Calcio Mercato)

  /  autty

West Ham, Newcastle and Leicester are all in negotiations with Juventus over their midfielder Stefano Sturaro.

The Italian champions are looking to offload Sturaro this summer in a bid to try and balance the books after the £100million arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The midfielder is one of several players who has been made surplus to requirements ahead of the new Serie A campaign and is available for around £18million.

Fiorentina, Genoa and Frankfurt were the favourite early runners to sign Sturaro, but have all since pulled out due to Juve's high valuation of the player.

According to calciomercato, the Premier League is now Sturaro's likeliest destination with three clubs pursuing him.

West Ham, Newcastle and Leicester have all expressed concrete interest and have made contact with Juventus, though no official offer has been submitted yet.

The Hammers have held a long-standing interest in the 25-year-old and are understood to be the player's preferred suitors.

Despite the English transfer window slamming shut in four days' time, Juve remain confident of striking a deal to sell Sturaro to one of the three Premier League clubs before the deadline.