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'Belotti is better than Batistuta' - Capello full of praise for £86m Arsenal and Chelsea target

The Italian has been in dazzling form for Torino this season, earning him high praise from the former Juventus and England manager

Fabio Capello has lauded Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea target Andrea Belotti as “probably better than Gabriel Batistuta”.

The Torino striker has become one of the most sought-after forwards in European football after plundering 24 goals in the 2016-17 campaign.

Top sides from across the continent, including a string of Premier League clubs, are now said to be giving serious consideration to £86 million bids that would activate the 23-year-old’s release clause.

Belotti: I want to stay at Torino

Capello can understand why, with a man who has worked with some exceptional frontmen in his time considering Belotti to be a class above an iconic Argentine he won the Serie A title with at Roma.