Finding Osimhen’s worthy heir. As if it were simple. Because De Laurentiis certainly cannot trust who he presented last year Nathan as Kim’s successor. Therefore, it is up to the director in pectore, Manna, to take responsibility: David or Gimenez, who gets the number 9 shirt? The point is that it will not be easy for anyone to collect such a witness. And the perplexity is that, as in the case of the Korean, it has been known for months that the Nigerian star will leave but the Italian managers have not yet chosen his successor. Here you are. We need to move the goal lord. It’s devastating, it was worth half of Napoli already with Spalletti, it’s even more so in this season of horrors. His tantrums and his stomach aches have affected the progress of the championship since last summer. He wanted the millions of the Arabs and when he understood that De Laurentiis he would not have accepted offers lower than 160-180 million euros, he gave up. But the head, often, always ended up there. He is a cannibal, but even in Udine he showed how much Napoli are totally dependent on him: as soon as he left, half of the Friulian defense launched into attack, as if they had freed themselves of a burden.
Mister 120 million
In Serie A no one is as good as the Nigerian. It may be his most bitter season but in any case he remains the best scorer for the Azzurri. He prepares his farewell, the countdown begins: only PSG has said they are ready to pay the release clause. Maybe he will try to get a discount, because he knows that Napoli can no longer afford Osimhen: he costs 10 million in salary plus two in bonuses. It is not only an unsustainable figure but it is also one of the reasons that have destabilized the environment given that others earn much less than him. After having missed Kim’s one, after having abandoned Garcia from fourth in the standings to take two more and find himself in ninth place, De Laurentiis has a safe full of funds in his hands to be able to take whoever he wants. Yes, but who? He could hardly accept the hypothesis put forward by some British intermediary of an exchange with Lukaku. Because the only reference parameter will be the salary: Osimhen’s heir will not be able to earn more than 4 million a year. If Mbappé goes to Madrid there will be a domino effect on the world market and Osimhen could be the second or third card. And Napoli will not remove her from the game. This time De Laurentiis will have no qualms about selling; he relies on his agent, Calenda (the same as Juan Jesus), who has long claimed to have an endless list of suitors for Osimhen. Victor is not untransferable. But the truth is that no one here is anymore, in principle and strategy. De Laurentiis does not set prices and does not put his best items up for sale (and in fact does not impose clauses), but he is always ready to negotiate if it is necessary to do so even if he does not have the need to sell to finance the purchases .
Anxious
Maybe we need to wait to understand who the new coach will be to give Manna the mandate to start the assault. In 2020, the Osimhen operation bears the signature of Cristiano Giuntoli: De Laurentiis also admitted it, when in the Rome prosecutor’s office, heard for the alleged fictitious capital gain, he explained how the current Juventus sporting director brought it to fruition . You know, Rino Gattuso was enthusiastic about it and I gave his ok. A signal that certain operations necessarily require the approval of the technician. So, Gimenez from Feyenoord (60 million euros) or David from Lille (50 million)? It is probable that there is also a Mister X in the running. But it’s not just a question of money. But there risks being a revolution in attack too: because Simeone and Raspadori also don’t want to experience another season as wingmen like this one. To stay, they have to talk to the new manager. For sure, it is a painful eve, because how can a striker who has scored 76 goals in 118 games not be missing. Impossible. Maybe we will miss less his long faces, his lack of desire to form a group but certainly not his Bolt-like sprints, his high jumps to reach impossible balls. Osimhen is the best striker seen in Serie A in the last decade. And it’s normal that it will go away now. Because this summer’s philosophy must be clear: Napoli sells those who want to be sold, they don’t force them to stay and this is therefore the danger faced by fans who are also in love with Kvara, Lobotka and so on.
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