For Antonio Conte another gift could arrive from the transfer market, namely the zero salary of Hummels.
Antonio’s adventure With you as new coach of Naples next week will see the first ‘real’ step. In exactly one week, in fact, there will be a Royal Palace his official presentation as the new technical guide. This, obviously, will be the opportunity to hear directly from the Apulian coach his opinion on some transfer market events, especially those concerning Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
These two players, in fact, are the ‘thorny’ cases in the Azzurri team of these first weeks of the summer transfer market. If the transfer of Victor Osimhen has now been accepted by everyone, the possible ones of Di Lorenzo and Kvaratskhelia were absolutely forbidden by Antonio Conte. However, in addition to the permanence of these two players, another great player could arrive for the former Juventus and Inter coach gift from the market, namely Matts Hummels.
Transfer market, Napoli could swoop in on Hummels: the latest
According to what was gathered by the editorial staff of the Italian sports newspaper ‘Il Corriere dello Sport’, in fact, even the Naples he would be thinking about signing the German central defender. Matts Hummelsa few days after the Champions League final lost against former Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid, announced on his social media that from next July 1st he will no longer be a Borussia player Dortmund.
The player, by not renewing his contract with the European runner-up club, is therefore one of the possible ‘opportunities’ of these first weeks of summer football. The Naplestherefore, would be considering the possibility of hiring Hummelsalthough his salary would be between 2 and 3 million euros per year.
Give this salary to a player who will turn in December 36 years oldin fact, is not a market operation, but Hummels (also combined with Majorca, Milan And Rome) could represent the flagship of Napoli’s strengthening campaign in the defensive department. The German, who would have no problem accepting the proposal of a club that will not play there Champions League, he could bring experience and flexibility to a defense that only committed disasters in the season just ended.
Hummels, in fact, could be the arrival of the central third. Napoli, in fact, is working on two other profiles: Rafa Marin of Real Madrid and Alessandro Good morning of Turin. For the first, in fact, Giovanni Manna the final details must be ironed out with the Spanish club. While for the Italian centre-back, who has already expressed his consent to the possibility of playing with the Neapolitan team, the new Italian sporting director must convince Urbano Cairo to lower his demands by 40 million euros to sell the Granata captain.
Article modified 19 Jun 2024 – 08:49
