Leicester target Gianluca Lapadula wanted by Juventus and Milan

By Sky Sports News HQ

Image: Gianluca Lapadula scored 27 goals for Pescara last season

Leicester face competition from Italy's biggest clubs for Pescara striker Gianluca Lapadula.

The Serie B club's president revealed last month Lapadula is being monitored by the Premier League champions' manager Claudio Ranieri.

Sky Sports News HQ understands Juventus and Milan have now also registered an interest in the Peruvian, who scored 27 goals last season.

Italian champions Juve want to sign the 26-year-old and immediately loan him out to another Serie A club.

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News of Leicester's interest in Lapadula came before details of Arsenal's bid for Jamie Vardy emerged on the eve of Euro 2016.

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City have since failed with an offer for Watford captain Troy Deeney believed to be in the region of £20m.

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