Three names for the defense, Napoli returns to an old goal of Giuntoli

Napoli begins to work in view of the summer transfer market and the club’s objective is a defender, among the players followed there is an old idea of ​​Giuntoli.

The season of Naples it wasn’t one to remember. As reigning Italian champions, the Azzurri have missed all the objectives set at the start of the championship: defending the title in a dignified manner, having a long run in European cups and qualifying for the next Champions League. All failed objectives, with the exception of the last one which – at least arithmetically – is still possible. So in the last seven races of A league everything will have to be done to try not to consider the year to be completely negative.

The choices made in the summer, for the replacements of Spalletti and Giuntoli, but also for the transfer market sessions conducted in the summer and winter, without the purchase of a top-level defender who could adequately replace Kim, are the basis of Napoli’s unfortunate year. That’s why the president De Laurentiis doesn’t want to make the same mistakes of the past.

Napoli transfer market, the Todibo target also appears for the defence

One of the first objectives of the next market will be the purchase of a central defender of international importance. Today’s edition of Corriere dello Sport underlines how there are essentially three names at the top of the list of the Italian management, with a player followed in the past by Giuntoli suddenly returned to Napoli’s ideas. Here is what is highlighted:

They like them on defense Good morning of Turin, the Frenchman Todibo of Nice, the Slovakian Hanko of Feyenoord (who Calzona plays as left back for the national team).

So, in addition to the names of the various Buongiorno and Hanckoread several times in the newspapers in recent days, also appears that of Jean-Clair Todibo. The rocky French defender (190cm tall, ed.), as mentioned, had in the past been followed by former sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli. Todibo had been linked to the Azzurri as a possible heir to Koulibalythen Napoli decided to continue to focus on the Franco-Senegalese and Todibo – at the time Toulouse – was purchased by Barcelona.

Among the Blaugrana ranks, however, he has never had too much luck. So he started wandering around on loan, going first to Germany, to Schalke 04and then returning to France, moving on to Nice. It was precisely on the French Riviera that the class of ’99 rediscovered the luster he had at the beginning of his career, so much so that the transalpine club announced him in the summer of 2021 bought back by Barcelona for 8.5 million euros. The long contract (expires June 2027, ed.) and his young age (25 years old on December 30th, ed.) make the value of his price tag skyrocket. Presumably, an offer from Nice will be needed to snatch him from Nice at least 25 million euros or more. An important outlay, but Todibo he could be the ideal profile to strengthen Napoli’s defense.