Stuttgart may have moved a step closer to selling Serie A target Mario Gomez after they were linked with Bordeaux ace Fernando Cavenaghi.
The Argentine, who was once suggested to Juventus as a transfer option by Omar Sivori, has been on fire in Ligue 1 since Christmas and he’s being lined up as a Gomez replacement.
Milan and Roma have been paired with the young German in recent weeks, especially after the Bundesliga giants admitted that he won’t stay until the end of his current deal.
“We’re not so naïve as to think that he’s going to remain at Stuttgart for the rest of his career,” sporting director Horst Heldt recently told Sky Sports.
“It’s unrealistic to think that Mario will stay until the end of his contract in 2012, although we obviously hope to keep him for as long as possible.”
Gomez, a key figure for Stuttgart and a rival to Bayern's Luca Toni in the German scoring charts, signed a contract renewal with his current club in the summer of 2007.
Prior to that, he was thought to have been targeted by Juventus before they convinced David Trezeguet to sign a new agreement.
Fiorentina have also been associated with the forward in the peninsula, while clubs in Spain and England are also aware of his talent.
