Today’s edition of “Il Corriere dello Sport” focuses on the Napoli market with the first coup arriving from the City Group.
He showed his latest exploits on Tuesday in Chisinau, Moldova, where Ukraine played a friendly against the home national team, winning 4-0. Artem Dovbyk will be Rebrov’s center forward at the European Championship in Germany and in 8 minutes, from his entry onto the pitch in the second half, he showed off only part of his repertoire. A goal, from the right, moving the marker with his body and breaking through to the near post, but also an assist, from the left and from first to close a triangulation with Sudakov. Napoli likes Dovbyk quite a bit, who according to what they say in Spain has already made an offer more or less in line with Girona’s expectations.
OVERTAKING THE CHOLO. The club, which is part of the City galaxy, has put a price on the price tag: 40 million, negotiable but not too much. A figure that according to AS Napoli has more or less reached, offering 35, unlike Atletico Madrid, the other club seriously interested in the Ukrainian center forward. The Colchoneros put 25 on the plate, too little for Girona, who will undergo an inevitable revolution between the end of loans and transfers. To be financed, why not, with the pichichi of La Liga, the man who dragged the Catalans towards their first and historic qualification for the Champions League thanks to twenty-four goals in thirty-six appearances, topped off with eight assists. Dovbyk, whose contract expires in 2028, for the moment is thinking about the European Championship with Ukraine, too important a showcase for his future: the possibility of not playing in the cups is not something that makes him go crazy with joy, but he hasn’t closed the doors, quite the opposite, given the court of a club like Napoli. Girona, for his part, would make a nice capital gain having purchased him only a year ago for 7.5 million, a spending record for the club. In short, the negotiation can go ahead, given the excellent relations between the two clubs: the friendly match with the Catalans has now become a classic of the summer training camp. Also this year, on August 3rd, Napoli will face Michel’s team in Castel di Sangro. By then, who knows, Dovbyk might not even wear the Blanc-i-Vermells shirt.
LUKAKU PRIORITY . It is not certain, however, that it is that of Napoli, because beyond the interest in the Ukrainian, the priority of Conte and sporting director Manna remains Romelu Lukaku. Chelsea must sell to lighten the balance sheet and settle the accounts, but at the moment no one is willing to pay the 44 million euro release clause. That is the sum that the Blues want to sell the Belgian, a figure destined to decrease over the summer. It is the market game, it applies to all players who are not part of the technical projects of their respective coaches. This is not the case for Viktor Gyökeres of Sporting Lisbon, an expensive shop, given that for the Swede, top scorer in the Primeira Liga with twenty-nine goals, there are many suitors (Arsenal above all) and the price requested by the Portuguese does not differ from that of the clause : 100 million.
