Lewis Ferguson's agent has revealed he could be interested in a big-money move from Bologna to Napoli...ahead of tonight's Scottish-focussed Serie A showdown between the clubs.
Bologna host title-chasing Napoli tonight in a game where Scotland international midfielders Ferguson, Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour could clash.
Ferguson has been strongly linked with a summer move to join up with McTominay and Gilmour in Naples after returning impressively from his serious knee injury.
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And his agent Bill McMurdo, in an interview on Italian TV, has admitted the former Aberdeen star could leave this summer.
He said: "I don’t know if Napoli are interested in him, but he would be interested in playing for Napoli.
"But that's nothing different from what would be true for any footballer in the world, because Napoli is a great club with a great history and any player would like to play for Napoli.
"There has been contact in the past with Napoli, but it doesn't date back to just last year.
"Lewis loves Italy and is very happy there, so much so that he doesn’t imagine a future anywhere other than Italy. He wants to spend his summer holidays in Italy too. So his future is in Italy.
"Whether he will be at Napoli, Inter Milan, Juventus or even Bologna, where he is very happy, we don’t know yet.
"However, if he were to move for a big club, it would be an Italian big club.
"He is very happy with the relationship he has established with the Bologna manager Vincenzo Italiano. He is a professional, he has established a good relationship with every coach.
"But the relationship with his previous manager, Motta, was very close, and building a good relationship with Italiano right away was not a given.
"I believe that Italiano is a top manager. It is true that the coach has a fundamental role in the growth of a player, but other things are also important, such as the city where you will live, the ambitions of the club, so there are many evaluations that will be made on his next choice."
