{"id":32175,"date":"2025-07-23T21:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T21:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/32175\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T21:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T21:43:15","slug":"zaniolo-convinces-galatasaray-as-sunderland-and-villarreal-target-italian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/32175\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaniolo convinces Galatasaray as Sunderland and Villarreal target Italian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>              <a class=\"mg-blog-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/zaniolo-convinces-galatasaray-as-sunderland\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nicolo-Zaniolo-Galatasaray-celebrate.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-817154 has-webp\" alt=\"ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JUNE 4: Nicolo Zaniolo of Galatasaray celebrates victory during the Super Lig match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce at NEF Stadyumu on June 4, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Ahmad Mora\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ISTANBUL, TURKEY &#8211; JUNE 4: Nicolo Zaniolo of Galatasaray celebrates victory during the Super Lig match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahce at NEF Stadyumu on June 4, 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Ahmad Mora\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><\/a>              &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Nicolo Zaniolo is back at Galatasaray and despite convincing the Turkish club of his worth during pre-season, reports from Italy claim that a number of clubs are interested in signing the Italian.<\/p>\n<p>According to what has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttomercatoweb.com\/serie-a\/il-galatasaray-riflette-su-zaniolo-ma-le-pretendenti-anche-in-italia-non-mancano-il-punto-2127727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reported by TuttoMercatoWeb<\/a>, Villarreal, Real Oviedo, Sunderland and PSV have all registered an interest in Zaniolo, as well as unnamed clubs in Italy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nicolo-Zaniolo-sad-Fiorentina.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-893244 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"VERONA, ITALY - FEBRUARY 23: Nicolo Zaniolo of Fiorentina reacts during the Serie A match between Verona and Fiorentina at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 23, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/802;max-width:1200px\"\/>VERONA, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 23: Nicolo Zaniolo of Fiorentina reacts during the Serie A match between Verona and Fiorentina at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 23, 2025 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>For the meantime, the Italian will stay in Turkey, working hard alongside his Galatasaray teammates ahead of the new season, regardless of whether or not a move away from the club is on the cards.<\/p>\n<p>Disappointing loan spells for Zaniolo signal need for fresh start<\/p>\n<p>Zaniolo signed for Galatasaray from Roma in a Turkish transfer record \u20ac15 million (excluding bonuses) in the 2022-23 season. He started his career strongly in Turkey, scoring five goals in his first ten league matches for the club.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/fiorentina-v-lecce-serie-a-6-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-880802 has-webp size-medium\" alt=\"FLORENCE, ITALY - FEBRUARY 28: Nicolo' Zaniolo of ACF Fiorentina (on loan from Galatasaray) looks on during the Serie A match between Fiorentina and Lecce at Stadio Artemio Franchi on February 28, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>FLORENCE, ITALY \u2013 FEBRUARY 28: Nicolo\u2019 Zaniolo of ACF Fiorentina looks on during the Serie A match between Fiorentina and Lecce at Stadio Artemio Franchi on February 28, 2025 in Florence, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>However, just one game into the following season, Zaniolo was loaned out to Premier League side Aston Villa, where he would go on to make 25 league appearances but failing to set the league alight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/zaniolo-red-card-fiorentina-roma-olimpico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 2024-25 season saw the Italian spend half the season with Atalanta and half with Fiorentina, where he struggled to make an impact at either club.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL, TURKEY &#8211; JUNE 4: Nicolo Zaniolo of Galatasaray celebrates victory during the Super Lig match between Galatasaray&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-32175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}