The Salento coach and sporting director Manna are working to retouch the squad: overtaking the big Serie A teams in sight for a talent.
At the end of the 2023-’24 Serie A there was a disillusioned fan base, that of Naples, and one who awaited the future with curiosity, that of Milan. The Rossoneri people had to “endure” the long celebrations of theInter for the conquest of the 20th championship, at the end of a disappointing year for the Devil.
In addition to the “damage”, however, the Milan fans also had to suffer the mockery linked to the fact that the cousins’ celebrations began right after the derby on 22 April, won 2-1 by Inter. The sixth derby in a row lost by the Rossoneri, a record-breaking streak that has accelerated the club’s decision on Stefano Pioli’s future.
On the Neapolitan front, however, the 10th place achieved in the season played with the scudetto on the chest disappointed a place aware of how difficult it would be to try to defend the title, but which could not imagine such a collapse.
Less than three weeks before the end of the championship, however, the scenario has radically changed in both places. Milan fans did not welcome his arrival on the bench Paulo Fonsecathose of Napoli instead seem to have already rediscovered their old enthusiasm thanks to the arrival of Antonio Conte.
Naples transfer market, Conte at work: acceleration for the defense
President De Laurentiis has decided to entrust the attempt to relaunch the Azzurri to a historically ambitious coach, as well as animated by special motivations to try to give satisfaction to a team that welcomed him and wants to go back to experiencing the emotions experienced in the magical season crowned by the conquest of the third championship in history.
Conte has already started working on building the team of the future in close contact with the sporting director Giovanni Manna, just signed by Juventus. The hunt for the center forward he will have to replace Victor Osimhen and a significant remodel to the defence are the first objectives. And an operation is taking shape precisely for the rearguard prospect.
Everyone is crazy about Leoni: Napoli’s proposal to Sampdoria
Napoli is in fact in the fast lane compared to the competition to secure Giovanni Leoni. The Roman center back, but Paduan by adoption, born in 2006, has just been purchased outright by Sampdoria, who bought him from Padova for 1.5 million after the happy intuition of signing him on loan at the end of last January.
Despite his young age, Giovanni immediately established himself as a starter for the Blucerchiati in Serie B, gaining the trust of Andrea Pirlo. A modern defender, strong physically, but also on a technical level, Leoni is liked by all the big teams, but Napoli are accelerating. Manna will shortly meet the player’s agent after the first contacts with Sampdoria. The Azzurri’s plan is to buy the player and then leave him on loan to the Blucerchiati for next season, or at least until January.
