Boulaye Dia has significantly helped Salernitana earn top-flight safety this campaign - enroute to ending the season as the league’s third-highest goalscorer with 16 goals.
Fresh from securing a place in another European final, Roma return to domestic commitments on Monday to meet Salernitana at home. A lopsided contest at the Stadio Olimpico has no bearing on the visitors' fate in Serie A but could define the home side's domestic campaign.
Some Inter emissaries were in the stands for the recent match between Empoli and Salernitana to watch Boulaye Dia. The striker is set to be bought out for €12M by Salernitana after a loan spell from Villarreal. The Nerazzurri like him a lot, but his valuation might be too pricey.
Boulaye Dia didn’t let Napoli clinch the title last week with a screamer in the final minutes. The Salernitana forward has put together a great first season in Serie A. He will inevitably be in high demand in the summer. The Granata have to activate their €12M option to buy first, though.
Saturday is a day of reckoning as champions-elect Napoli welcome season-long bottom-half strugglers Salernitana at the Diego Maradona Stadium. With Lazio heading to Inter on Sunday, a victory over sub-par opposition could seal the Partenopei's first Serie A title since 1989/90.
Former long-time goalie and current Salernitana sporting director Morgan De Sanctis met with Milan executives Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara in Naples while the Rossoneri were in town for the return leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. The execs discussed a few players, with Dia at the forefront of their conversations.
Sunday's Serie A action gets underway at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza as top-four hopefuls Inter take on mid-table Salernitana. Though the sides have opposing goals set for the season, this could still be a tricky affair for the more heavily fancied hosts.
Sunday's Serie A action closes out at the Allianz Stadium as Juventus and Salernitana go head-to-head in a top-half encounter. Though just three points separate the sides ahead of the kick-off, there should be a substantial gulf in quality to hand Bianconeri the upper hand here.