Joshua Zirkzee has refused to rule out the prospect of leaving Bologna in this manner summer next interest of Arsenal.
The 23-year-old has impressed in Bologna this season. He scored eleven goals in Serie A and helped the club secure a fifth-place finish and qualify for the Champions League next season.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are looking for a new striker this summer and Zirkzee is reportedly on the club's shortlist alongside Newcastle United's Alexander Isak.
Zirkzee is available for €40 million this summer due to a release clause in his deal with Bologna.
And the Dutch forward, who joined the Serie A club from Bayern Munich for €8.5million in August 2022, has suggested he could move on.
“At the moment my mind is only on Bologna,” Zirkzee said in an interview with Corriere Di Bologna.
'I want to recover from the injury and have some nice holidays in the Netherlands United States with my childhood friends and then we'll see what happens.'
When asked what he would do if given the choice to leave Bologna this summer, Zirkzee replied: 'I would choose the club best. I will only do what makes sense in my heart.”
When asked if it would feel different to play for someone else Champions League team instead of Bologna next season, Zirkzee said: 'Exactly, that's what I said and I will repeat it. It is clear that it would be great for me to defend this goal that we have achieved together. What we experienced in Piazza Maggiore was unforgettable.'
Zirkzee also credited Bologna for his development and teammate Lorenzo De Silvestri for picking him as one of the potential leaders in the squad.
'I arrived here and left Bayern Munich. I was excited to come to Bologna because I wanted to play. The championship was of a high level, I wanted to participate,” said Zirkzee.
'The club already had a clear vision of what it wanted to do: compete to qualify for Europe. However, no one could have ever imagined that this season could turn out this way. There was the idea of being able to enter Europe, but step by step, not straight to the Champions League.
'But at a certain point in the season we said to ourselves: 'What the heck, let's go to the Champions League, if we have to conquer Europe, let's get the biggest prize.' The direction of the club has always been in that direction, but honestly no one expects to get there so quickly.
'I'm definitely a better player. A season like this gives you a lot of points, also in terms of experience. I have to share everything with my teammates, fantastic people, the group comes before everything.
'If I have tried to become a leader, I owe it to Lollo De Silvestri. He came to me and said 'you have the skills to be a leader'. I have studied his behavior, he is the heart of the team.
“We have a young and hungry group, everyone is a leader in their own way. We all took turns as captains, it is proof that when we are called to lead the group, we are capable of doing so. We are not individuals.'
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