Palermo confirms interest in Brazilian star

But Sabatini has admitted they could struggle to land him due to the limit of transfer of non-EU players in Italian football.

“Hernanes is a player that we are interested in, but he has a high price and it’s difficult to land him because of the discourse in relation to foreign players,” he told Tuttomercatoweb.com.

“However, we will wait and see if we can speak with his agents.”