The Italian coach, recently made official by Napoli, is aiming for a big shot in attack and not the loyal Belgian.
The announcement, photos and videos of his signature they were enough to bring back the enthusiasm in an environment that has experienced in the last ten months only tense and sad moments and that he was very depressed after a tenth place in the rankings and the failure to qualify for any European competition.
The Scudetto of June 2023 is now a distant memory in Naples, but so is the last unfortunate year that he saw the Neapolitans make a fool of themselves and humiliate themselves in all competitions in which they had to engage. Antonio Conte brought enthusiasm back under the shadow of Vesuvius.
After a year and a half of inactivity, in fact, the Lecce coach couldn’t wait to return and, after waiting for the call from some top club, he ended up accepting the close court of Aurelio De Laurentiis who had already tried in vain last November, after the dismissal of Rudi Garcia.
Now, however, the wedding has finally been celebrated and the former Inter and Juventus coach has signed a contract worth 8 million euros net per season and will try to bring the Neapolitan team back to being competitive and fighting for the Scudetto. In the city they can’t wait to see the new Naples and are already dreaming of the new Messiah.
Naples, here’s who needs to be replaced
Furthermore, Conte’s arrival is often synonymous with an important transfer market and Aurelio De Laurentiis knows that he cannot make a mistake in choosing players. There will be painstaking and massive work to be done to reinforce all the departments of the camp, but also to replace the various Zielinski, Di Lorenzo and Osimhenamong others, set to launch in this transfer window.
But, if the Polish midfielder is certain to move to Inter due to a contract with Napoli which expires on June 30th, on Osimhen ADL hopes to collect as much money as possible and not having to go too far below the 135 million euros foreseen by the clause termination agreement stipulated at the time of signing the extension by the Nigerian striker.
Naples, Gyokeres emerges for the attack
Napoli intend to get serious and reinvest all part of the money that will come into the coffers from the sale of Osimhen. This is why, therefore, the first lead for the attack no longer seems to be Romelu Lukaku, a Conte loyalist, or Dovbyk, a Ukrainian from Girona. The Neapolitans, in fact, seem to want to get serious about Viktor Gyokeres.
The Sporting Lisbon striker has a release clause of 100 million euros and he comes from an incredible season in which he scored 43 goals in 48 games, among all competitions. Top scorer and champion of Portugal, the Swede is also very popular with Arsenal and remains one of the prized prices of this summer transfer market session.
