The exclusion of the possibility of arriving in Naples in the next Serie A championship was confirmed, but the negotiation never took place
The season played last year by Napoli, which culminated with the victory of the third scudetto in the history of the Azzurri, had made us think at the beginning of a winning cycle for Aurelio De Laurentiis’ team.
But then, after the announcement of farewell to Luciano SpallettiNapoli had to change on the bench, rebuilding and slowly losing what had become one of the most appreciated ways of playing in Italy and Europe.
First with Rudi Garcia, then with Walter Mazzarri and finally with Francesco Calzona, Napoli never managed to return to the splendors shown the year before. So much so that the team, thanks to the many difficulties encountered during the season, is exit in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup against Frosinone and it was eliminated in the Champions League by Barcelona.
In the championship, the Azzurri only reached tenth place. Location that will not allow the Campania team to play in a European competition next yearafter 14 years of cups.
The search for the turning point
For the next season, De Laurentiis has started the reconstruction works. The first announcement came on the front sports directorwho will be the former Juventus player from next season Giovanni Manna. Then there will be a change in benchwith all the clues that lead to another old glory of the Bianconeri, Antonio Conte.
After that, we will have to work on the team. On May 19th, on the occasion of the press conference for the double summer training camp in Dimaro and Castel Di Sangro, the president of Napoli announced to everyone how “transferable in the event of a suitable offer“. And among the many market rumors that have already been raised, it will be necessary to understand how the cases of Di Lorenzo but also of Victor Osimhen.
Napoli, Osimhen-Lukaku exchange?
Confirmations have finally arrived on multiple fronts the exclusion of a possible exchange between Chelsea and Napoli which would involve Victor Osimhen and Romelu Lukaku. A hypothesis that would never have been taken into consideration by the London club, which only wants to sell Lukaku for a sum of around € 40 million euros.
In addition, the Nigerian striker, still owned by Napoli, it would not be one of the transfer deals that Chelsea intends to make in the next summer transfer market session. A novelty, given the huge amounts of money spent in recent years in transfer deals to try to rebuild a team that won its last Premier League in the 2016/2017 championship with Antonio Conte on the bench.
