Tuttosport<\/em><\/a> claim that Atalanta will hold an \u201cauction\u201d for the right-back at the end of the season when he returns from his loan spell at Cagliari.<\/p>\nInterest in Palestra is very high, with the Gunners being joined by other Premier League clubs, including Newcastle and Liverpool, in pursuing the Italian international.<\/p>\n
Atalanta believe they will find it difficult to hold on to the defender, and they will accept an offer if it matches their valuation.<\/p>\n
What do fans need to know about Palestra?<\/h2>\n
The 21-year-old came through the youth ranks of Atalanta, going on to make his senior debut against Rakow in the Europa League back in December 2023.<\/p>\n
Palestra made 16 appearances for the Serie A side before it was decided to loan him out to Cagliari last summer, so he could get more first-team experience.<\/p>\n
The right-back has been a regular starter this season, playing 30 games in all competitions. It should be pointed out, though, that he has mostly been deployed as a wingback by Cagliari boss Fabio Pisacane.<\/p>\n
Do Arsenal need another fullback?<\/h2>\n
It is fair that manager Mikel Arteta is not short of options at the back. Riccardo Calafiori, Piero Hincapie and Myles Lewis-Skelly provide cover on the left-hand side of defence, while Jurrie Timber and Ben White are options for the right.<\/p>\n
However, there have been doubts over the long-term future of White. The 28-year-old has suffered a series of injuries over the last two seasons, and he is closing in on the final two years of his contract.<\/p>\n
It is more than likely that Palestra is being considered as a replacement if White\u2019s departure<\/strong> is sanctioned during the summer transfer window.<\/p>\nRead more about the Arsenal First Team Squad for 2025\/26 here<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have been keeping tabs on Marco Palestra\u2019s performances this season, and he will be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}