Napoli transfer market, surprise exchange with Arsenal: who arrives in the Osimhen deal

Napoli are targeting an Arsenal player: the negotiation with the Gunners could also involve Victor Osimhen!

Giovanni Manna is evaluating different profiles, in multiple areas of the pitch, to set up a competitive team for next season. Antonio Conte is ready to ferry the “new” Naples but to do so he needs players capable of feeling the weight and importance of the Neapolitan shirt. If in attack there will be an operation to replace Osimhenin defense to increase their quality, several additions are also ready in midfield.

Piotr Zielinski he said goodbye, he will go to Inter on a 0 transfer after 8 seasons under the shadow of Vesuvius, Hamed Junior Traore he will not be redeemed by Bournmouth and also Leander Dendoncker will return to his home club. A true revolution, therefore, is up to Neapolitan society to implement.

Meanwhile, the Italian management is testing the waters for some profiles, also taking advantage of some outgoing players to complete the various operations in mind of the sporting director and Aurelio De Laurentiis. L’Arsenalsecond in the last Premier League and carried by the ambition of finally establishing itself in Europe after years of more shadows than lights, is among the main candidates for the purchase of Victor Osimhen. On the other hand, Napoli is interested in a Gunners midfielder and thanks to the Nigerian he could start and conclude the negotiation: that’s who he is.

Napoli are targeting the English midfielder: Osimhen could be included in the deal

The name that has been insistently popping up among the profiles investigated by Napoli in the last few hours is that of Emile Smith Rowe. As reported by “The Corriere dello Sport”the Azzurri would have been candidates for the purchase of the midfielder born in 2000. The Gunners’ number 10 plays in the role of attacking midfielder: a playmaker who becomes a real danger for opposing defenses between the lines.

Its market valuation is around 20-25 million euros following a really difficult season: only 13 appearances in the Premier League with 2 assists and 0 goals. The former Leipzig player has suffered multiple stops in the last two football years: groin operation in the 2022/23 season which kept him in the pits for almost the entire first part of the season and the double injury, first at knee and then anklein the last one just concluded.

Smith Rowe in his English and German experiences he was able to demonstrate his value: in 115 appearances with theArsenal scored 18 goals and 10 assists. His best season was 2021/22 in which he scored 10 goals in the Premier League.