Juventus, Roma 'to battle for 20-year-old Arsenal midfielder'
Italian giants Juventus and Roma are supposedly preparing to go head-to-head for the signature of a 20-year-old Arsenal midfielder facing an uncertain future this summer.
A couple of years ago, Charlie Patino was hailed as one of the most highly-rated products to emerge from the Gunners' Hale End academy, and he was quickly promoted to first-team training under Mikel Arteta.
The England Under-21 international's first-team debut was a dream one too, as he came off the bench and scored in a 5-1 EFL Cup crushing of Sunderland at the Emirates in December 2021.
Patino was subsequently handed his first Arsenal start in an FA Cup loss to Nottingham Forest a month later, completing 69 minutes of that contest, but he has not made another first-team appearance for the Gunners since.
Productive loan spells with Blackpool and Swansea City have followed for the midfielder, who has scored four goals and set up four more in 34 games for the latter, but minutes have been hard to come by in 2024.
Patino to leave Arsenal this summer?Patino has not started a Championship game since a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion on New Year's Day, and he is remarkably yet to complete the full 90 minutes in the current second-tier campaign.
The 20-year-old will return to the Emirates when the season reaches its conclusion, and even though Arsenal extended his contract just last year, his terms only run until the end of next season.
According to Calciomercato, Patino has no intention of continuing in North London under Arteta, who supposedly does not have a place for him in his plans for the 2024-25 season.
As a result, the England youth international will be on the lookout for a new challenge in the summer window, and the idea of playing in Italy
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