NAPLES – The Napoli has a big problem in defense and consequently a big objective to try to solve it: it’s called Alexander Good morning, is the captain of Torino and a candidate for the European Championship with Spalletti’s national team, the Azzurri people recently saw him at work at Maradona in the presence of Osimhen, not just any center forward, and above all they saw him win the duel. Sorry if it’s not much: it’s a feat that few central defenders have achieved in Italy and Europe over the last four years. Napoli had liked him a lot for a while, even before the goal scored in January to close the 3-0 defeat at the Olimpico Grande Torino, let alone after admiring him twice live: a new attack took place recently after that winter, De Laurentiis is trying to accelerate by evaluating margins and possibilities for maneuver to define the shot quickly. But let’s be clear: Buongiorno is a giant that has been collecting luxury days for a long time. He is a modern, solid scorer, with the timing and mechanisms of the four-man and three-man defence. Offensive phase included. And then he has the perfect age for the club’s parameters – he will turn 25 on June 6 – and also the character and personality to play an important role in a re-foundation. The problem? Well, that remains: the valuation, around forty million. A price that Toro already made in January and continues to make with a view to the summer. Not a small detail, for goodness sake.
The void left in defense and the setup
The future plan has already started, it is starting to come to life even if the season is not yet over: Napoli is terribly burned by the fire of Kim, a succession never completed, an open wound that must be healed and closed quickly. With the next market. A session that will be directed and interpreted by the new manager in pectore of the sports area, Giovanni Manna, the man who at the end of the championship will officially take on the role that has unofficially belonged to him for a while. And therefore, Good morning: the first, great objective for the new defense to be handed over to the next coach regardless of the game system and the module he intends to adopt. But also good morning everyone, one might say, considering the merciless competition on this 194 centimeter giant gifted with explosiveness and speed, timing and temperament, ability in the air and one-on-one. Physical and a high level technical background. Favorite foot: the left. The idea is to fit him in and combine him with the right-footed Rrahmani, confirmed and fresh from renewal, in a line to be completed with Di Lorenzo and a left-footed player between Olivera and Rui, in the event that Napoli plays with a four-man or perhaps with a another arm if the coach’s philosophy contemplates the inversion.
Good morning, your rating: here’s how much it costs
Yes, these are really details. Stories to be addressed in due course. What matters, however, is the level of objectives that gradually begin to emerge from the silence of the strategies: Buongiorno is a highly sought-after central defender, Inter and Milan like him, he likes him in the Premier League, Atalanta likes him a lot who indeed, a summer ago, even savored the taste of purchasing it for a day. Only to then clash with his desire to stay at Turin. Toro who, as we were saying, shoots high for him. His top request: 40 million euros. Negotiable, God forbid.
