This according to today’s print edition of Rome-based newspaper Corriere dello Sport, via FCInterNews, The newspaper report that Leoni will cost a fee of at least €5 million.
Teenage defender Leoni spent last season on loan at Sampdoria. The 17-year-old was at the Marassi on loan from Padova. Despite his young age, Leoni carved out a place for himself at the heart of the Ligurian side’s defense.
Sampdoria had a purchase option to sign Leoni from Padova for €1.5 million. And there was never any question that they would exercise this.
Even if the Blucerchiati do not keep hold of the teenager, they can certainly sell him for a profit.
The Corriere report that Sampdoria should easily be able to sell Leoni for a fee triple what they paid by triggering the purchase option to make his loan deal from Padova a permanent spell.
Now, the question is whether Sampdoria will keep hold of Leoni for another season as they take another run at promotion back to Serie A after remaining in the second division last season. The newspaper report that all of Inter, Juventus, and Torino are admirers of the 17-year-old.
The Nerazzurri reportedly had scouts watching Leoni during a Serie B match between Sampdoria and Ternana in April.
Should Leoni get a move to a big club in Serie A this summer, it is not certain whether he would then go out on loan.
Leoni made a total of twelve appearances in Serie B last season for Sampdoria. These totalled 766 minutes on the pitch.