• Juventus says striker would be 'the icing on the cake' • Italians also tracking Liverpool forward Luis Suárez

The Italian champions Juventus have expressed an interest in signing the Arsenal striker Robin van Persie this summer.

The Turin club are looking to reinforce their attacking line, with the veteran forward Alessandro Del Piero set to leave the club next month and the on-loan Marco Borriello expected to return to Roma in July.

"Van Persie is a great player," the Juventus general director Giuseppe Marotta told calciomercato.com. "He is a complete player and would be useful to any team. But he still has one year left on his contract with Arsenal. We will try to put the icing on the cake this summer but the important thing is that the mix is good."

Van Persie leads the list of Premier League top scorers with 30 so far this season.

Juventus have also been monitoring Liverpool's Luis Suárez as well as the Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuaín.

"Van Persie, Suárez or Higuaín? They are three important players," Marotta said. "In fantasy football we could have the three of them playing in the same line-up but in reality, it is different.

"If one of them arrives here it is not because he will be the less talented as other things have to be taken into account, such as the financial aspect. Moreover, if [Real Madrid coach] José Mourinho does not want to sell Higuaín it will be impossible for us to get him and we also have to take that into consideration."