Umberto Chiariello, journalist, spoke on Radio Crc’s microphone: “In March, De Laurentiis, faced with a wonderful fried sea bass, told me that he would take Manna. In concert with Conte he placed Napoli’s first transfer coup: Rafa Marin.
22 years old, he first grew up in the Seville youth team because he is from a small town near Seville, then at 14 he moved up from the Real Madrid cantera, grew up in Castile and became a regular in the second team and all the Spanish youth national teams. He grew up in the shadow of Sergio Ramos and then this year they sent him to train at Alaves where he established himself as a starter. Ductile, 1.91 m, right foot, quick, good attitude, I play with both threes and fours and has no problems playing in the centre, on the right or on the left. The guarantee is that Real Madrid hasn’t given up on the usual boy they don’t know what to do with, they sent him to grow in a big European club like Napoli and reserve the right to buy him back.
Napoli spends 11 million but if Real Madrid wants him back in two years they have to pay 25 and if they want him back in three years they have to pay 35. The contract runs until 2029, but the genius is that if Napoli explodes next year if pay another tranche of 10, the repurchase will skyrocket to double the value or so and therefore Real will have to pay him 50 or 70 million.
It’s brilliant! It’s an operation that has nothing to do with Natan who cost around the same amount but who came from Bragantino, a second-tier Brazilian club which in my opinion isn’t too bad and who knows, maybe with Conte he won’t be able to demonstrate his value, but it was a pure gamble. Rafa Marin is exactly the clone of Albiol, pay attention to it: 1.91m tall, same size, right foot, ability to set, both from Seville and coming from Real Madrid like Albiol. He could be the heir to the great Albiol.”
