He seemed destined to be a mainstay at Napoli, but the club gave him up. Now he has landed in the crosshairs of Juventus, with Giuntoli ready to take back his old pupil
Il Napoli gliel’ha buttato via, ora lo prende la Juve: vendetta Giuntoli (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
Sometimes soccer is cruel, sometimes it is just plain weird. A young talent grows up in a team’s nursery, spends years between loans, hopes and promises, then at some point the club decides it is no longer worth waiting for him.
At Napoli this summer was the time of reckoning for several “eternal promises.” Gianluca Gaetano ended up at Cagliari, where he is finally finding continuity. Elia Caprile also went to Sardinia, also somewhat surprisingly with a right of redemption that smells of farewell. This list also includes Alessandro Zanoli, sold to Genoa with an option to buy set at about 7 million euros.
Zanoli himself knows this aspect of soccer well: for years he was considered an interesting prospect for Napoli, then, when the time seemed to have come to consecrate himself, the club chose another path. Today he plays with Genoa, where he is having his best season, and Cristiano Giuntoli, who knows him well and brought him to the Azzurri from Carpi, is ready to make him an offer.
Yes, that’s right. The man who built Italy’s champion Napoli, now passed on to Juventus, could bring Zanoli back into his orbit. And in Naples, some may soon wonder if this was yet another rash transfer.
And it is precisely the redemption amount that could make the difference. Because if Genoa decides to buy him outright, they could also think about selling him right away, with an almost assured profit. And who could step up to the plate? Giuntoli, of course.
Zanoli alla Juve: una shortlist dove c’è anche Tchatchoua
It is no mystery that Juventus is looking for alternatives on the flanks. With Thiago Motta waiting to see if he will be reappointed, the idea of a ductile full-back, capable of pushing and covering, becomes crucial. Zanoli has already shown that he can play multiple roles: in Genoa, Vieira is also using him as an outside full-back, with more than positive results.
Zanoli alla Juve: una shortlist dove c’è anche Tchatchoua (AnsaFoto) – serieanews.com
Giuntoli, who knows him well, has put him on a shortlist of candidates for the summer market. In addition to him, Juve is also following Verona’s Jackson Tchatchoua, but the chemistry between the DS and the former Napoli man (and perhaps also the desire to take off another pebble against De Laurentiis) could make the difference.
This transaction, if it goes through, would also have a special flavor. For it would mark another “chapter” in the separation between Giuntoli and De Laurentiis. After years of collaboration and success, the two parted without too many smiles. And if the bianconero ds would bring back a talent let go too lightly, it would be a sort of small personal revenge.
In the meantime, Zanoli continues to do his thing: playing, growing and proving that maybe, before dumping him, Napoli should have believed in him a little more. And who knows, maybe the next time he returns to the Maradona, he will no longer do so in the Azzurri jersey, but in the Bianconeri one. And at that point, the regrets might become even heavier.
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