Up and down the Boot. Aurelio De Laurentiis has given broad powers on the market to Anthony Conte and to the sports director Giovanni Manna, but remains glued to the phone to follow every negotiation. From Monday the curtain rises on the transfer market. Napoli will intervene in all departments, starting from the rearguard.
The defense is the department most affected by the “Contian” revolution. “The numbers speak for themselves,” said the Napoli coach who aims to plug the gaps (read also sinkholes) that were recorded last year. At least 4 important reinforcements in defense will arrive at DeLa’s court. Maybe more. One made in-house, the other virtually already reached and at least two more to be formalized after the European Championship. The permanence of John DiLorenzo has been taken for granted by the owners: the captain will once again be the cursor on the right, although with a new module and with different tasks. On the left-handed out, however, we try to close for Leonardo Spinazzola. The 31-year-old former Roma winger will be a luxury free agent from Monday. The Giallorossi club has decided not to renew his contract and Napoli has given it more than a little thought with a solution in the style of… Manna: a “one plus one” contract with figures that would equal those received at Roma (3 million euros), but spread over two years. In short, an investment and a gamble given his no longer very green identity card and the many injuries that have slowed down his career. But Spinazzola, if fit, would be a very important arrow in Conte’s bow. Last year the player was nevertheless used with a certain frequency (36 games played under the orders of before Mourinho and then say From Rossi) also because he was spared from physical ailments.
Central defenders chapter. Rafa Marin in the next week it will be definitively made official by Napoli: for him medical visits in Rome and a five-year contract in the shadow of Vesuvius. The defender, from the Real Madrid school, arrives permanently from Casa Blanca, at a cost of 10 million euros with the particular formula of the right of repurchase by Real set at 25 million in 2026 and 35 the following year (but if the Napoli invests another 10 million euros at the end of the season, the ransom doubles in both circumstances). The position of Beautiful Mario. He too, like Spinazzola, with the particular status of a free agent after not having renewed with Atletico Madrid. The requests for engagement and commissions from his entourage, however, have cooled the trail. But the market avenues are infinite and it is not certain that the negotiation will be able to reopen, especially if his agents were to remodulate their demands. We will see.
The calendar
Napoli has an appointment scheduled with the agent of Alex Meret for the renewal. We are working on a three-year agreement (with the option of another year) at figures slightly higher than the current salary (one million euros). Chapter Alexander Good morning. The defender of Torino and the national team is the first on Conte’s wish list. The understanding is there, the agreement as well: now we need to close the gap that still exists with Torino asking for 45 million euros for his contract. DeLa is ready to pay 35, plus a 5 bonus: the deal will be done. In attack, much, but not everything, depends on the sale of Osimhen. Lukaku is just waiting for a signal, despite AC Milan’s court and Chelsea’s request for 40 million for his price tag.
