Opinion: Blackburn Rovers man may want to hold out for other options as interest from Italian club emerges

It seems as though the inevitable 2022 summer interest in Blackburn Rovers striker Ben Brereton has now been stepped up another notch.

Having scored 22 goals last season to spearhead Blackburn’s Championship promotion push, while continung his emergence on the international stage with Chile, the striker was always going to be the subject of much speculation this summer.

Indeed, that situation is only further enhanced by the fact that the 23-year-old is now into the final year of his contract at Ewood Park, meaning this window could be the club’s last chance to receive a fee for Brereton.

That is something it seems teams are now looking to take advantage of, with the latest reports from Italian reported Gianluca Di Marzio claiming that Brereton is advanced negotiations over a move to Serie A side Salernitana.

Admittedly, the size and reputation of a number of clubs in Italy’s top-flight does mean such a move could be an appealing for Brereton, but it could certainly be argued that the striker would be better off waiting for other opportunities to emerge.

Last season, Salernitana avoided relegation from Serie A by just a single point on the final day of the season, while towards the end of last year, questions over the club’s ownership threatened its existence for a period.

As a result, you feel a move to Salernitana would give Brereton little security from a long term perspective, certainly with regards to top-flight football.

However, that is less likely to be the case with a number of other clubs that have been linked with the striker in the past few months.

The likes of West Ham, Sevilla, Frankfurt and Marseille, among others, are all well established top-flight sides in their respective, and indeed respected,