The Sassuolo and Italy attacker says a switch to Premier League side Liverpool would be his ideal move.
Liverpool have been named as the club for which highly rated Italy attacker Domenico Berardi would like to play for the most.
The 24-year-old winger – who has also played as a second striker – came through the ranks at Italian club Sassuolo and has gone on to make 211 appearances for the senior team.
Berardi has been especially impressive this season, scoring nine goals and registering five assists as he helped the Neroverdi to 10th place in Serie A this season with two games left.
In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport (12/5) reported by Goal and TMW, the five-times capped Azzurro – who has been linked with Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma – said his ideal move would be to Anfield.
“If an offer arrives, be it from Milan or another club, I will evaluate it with my club,” he said. “And if I hear that it is the right proposal, to be taken on the fly, this time I will say to Sassuolo: ‘I’ll take it’. Being able to choose, I would play in Liverpool.
“Changing remains difficult for me, but it no longer frightens me, I would do it. The next goal is to play in Europe, but at a club where I can be used a lot, if not always. That is my priority.”
Here is how some Liverpool fans reacted on Twitter to Berardi’s apparent overtures towards the Premier League club:
Berardi has scored 56 goals in 186 appearances across all competitions for Sassuolo, rising through the club’s ranks at youth level before graduating to the senior squad in 2012.
The attacker, who realistically would face a huge task in achieving first-team football given the world-class front line players at Anfield, is reportedly valued at 50 million euros (£43.3million) by Sassuolo (Calciomercato).
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