{"id":4460,"date":"2024-11-18T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/castro-shows-positive-signs-as-zirkzees-replacement-at-bologna\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T12:18:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T12:18:49","slug":"castro-shows-positive-signs-as-zirkzees-replacement-at-bologna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betwealthsuretips.com\/blog\/castro-shows-positive-signs-as-zirkzees-replacement-at-bologna\/","title":{"rendered":"Castro shows positive signs as Zirkzee&#8217;s replacement at Bologna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Santiago-Castro-Roma-Bologna-celebrate.jpg\" alt=\"ROME, ITALY - NOVEMBER 10: Santiago Costa of Bologna celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna at Stadio Olimpico on November 10, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<p>ROME, ITALY &#8211; NOVEMBER 10: Santiago Costa of Bologna celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the Serie A match between AS Roma and Bologna at Stadio Olimpico on November 10, 2024 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Paolo Bruno\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Bologna striker Santiago Castro scored four goals in 11 Serie A appearances this season, more than Joshua Zirkzee in the same period of 2023-24.<\/p>\n<p>Zirkzee joined Manchester United from Bologna last summer in a deal exceeding \u20ac50m. The Dutch forward had scored 11 goals in 34 Serie A matches, contributing to Bologna\u2019s first Champions League qualification in over 60 years, but\u00a0the Rossoblu seem to have already found a valuable replacement in Argentinean talent Castro.<\/p>\n<h3>Castro shows positive signs as Zirkzee\u2019s replacement at Bologna<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_838694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838694\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-310x207.jpg.webp 310w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-320x213.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-770x513.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-1024x683.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1.jpg.webp 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1665px) 1155px, (min-width:768px) 69vw, (min-width:576px) 60vw, 92vw\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United's Joshua Zirkzee warms up ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United in London, Britain, 21 September 2024. 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(Linked with Juventus loan move)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-310x207.jpg 310w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-320x213.jpg 320w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-414x276.jpg 414w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-630x420.jpg 630w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-768x512.jpg 768w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-770x513.jpg 770w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-900x600.jpg 900w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/icdn.football-italia.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/12518154-1.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1665px) 1155px, (min-width:768px) 69vw, (min-width:576px) 60vw, 92vw\" ><\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-838694\">Manchester United\u2019s Joshua Zirkzee warms up ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Crystal Palace and Manchester United in London, Britain, 21 September 2024. 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No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club\/player publications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 20-year-old moved to the Dall\u2019Ara in January 2024, so he shared the Rossoblu dressing room with Zirkzee in the second part of the last season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the summer acquisition of another Dutch striker, Thijs Dallinga, this summer, Castro has become a regular starter at Bologna under new coach Vincenzo Italiano.<\/p>\n<p>Castro has four goals in 11 Serie A appearances with Bologna, who have a game in hand after their home game with Milan was postponed in October due to adverse weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Zirkzee had scored three goals in the opening 11 Serie A matches last term but found the net on Matchdays 12 and 13 against Fiorentina and Torino, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Castro\u2019s contract with Bologna expires in June 2028.<\/p>\n<nav aria-label=\"Posts\">\n<h2>Post navigation<\/h2>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME, ITALY &#8211; NOVEMBER 10: Santiago Costa of Bologna celebrates after scoring the opening&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-serie-a-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - 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