Fiorentina have drawn up a contract offer for Sunderland winger Emanuele Giaccherini as they attempt to put themselves in pole position to sign the Italy international.
Giaccherini has just a year remaining on his contract with Sunderland and after the Black Cats sent him on loan to Bologna in Serie A last season, he appears likely to leave the Premier League club this summer.
A clutch of Italian sides want Giaccherini, though it is Fiorentina who are making all the running and according to Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport, they have drawn up a contract offer worth €1.2m per season for the winger.
The contract would run until the summer of 2019.
Sunderland have been claimed to be looking for €4m in order to sell Giaccherini, but it remains unclear whether any of his suitors are willing to meet that figure for someone who has just a year to run on his deal.
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Giaccherini is currently putting himself in the shop window at Euro 2016 with Italy.
He has played in both the Azzurri's group games so far and scored in their opening match, a 2-0 win over Belgium.
