Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain is Diego Simeone's first-option strike target this summer time.
28 years old Higuain has attracted the concentration of a number of Europe's elite clubs, including Arsenal and Paris Saint Germain, however sits atop countryman Simeone's switch desire-list, as he appears to add to a side that got here up simply short both domestically and on continent final season.
Higuain scored 36 Serie A goals final season, as Napoli were unable to maintain their sensational early-season type in the course of their crusade, eventually completing second to Juventus, who secured their fifth consecutive Italian title.
Nonetheless, 2015/sixteen brought private success for the former actual Madrid hitman, as he broke Gunnar Nordhal's document for Serie A ambitions scored in one season.
The Swede's tally of 35 ambitions in one Serie A season in his time at AC Milan used to be a file that had stood for 66 years, but Higuain took his season's total to 36 with a hat-trick towards Frosinone on the ultimate day of the campaign.
Such kind makes it handy to see why Simeone is so eager on bringing Higuain to Atleti, but it's idea that Napoli are set to reject an preliminary bid of €60m and Matias Kranevitter, as they are preserving out for a bid that triggers the Argentine's unencumber clause of €94m.
Higuain is presently on international obligation at Copa the united states, in the USA, and scored two ambitions as Argentina strolled into the semi-finals with a four-1 thrashing of Venezuela on Saturday night.
Atletico Madrid not too long ago introduced that they have got agreed a deal to convey Higuain's global team-mate Nicolas Gaitan, a long-term target of Manchester United, to the membership from Benfica, and Simeone will might be hope that the 28-yr-historical playmaker can sway the mind of Higuain, as he weighs up his options this summer.