Napoli ready to repeat the Mertens hit: ds Manna has identified the right reinforcement
Come Mertens, il Napoli pronto a piazzare il colpo sull’esterno: Manna ha scelto un talento – SerieAnews
“If we want, we are there.” Thus Antonio Conte in his press conference after the match with Inter. Napoli’s best performance of the season against Inter galvanized the Salento coach enough to allow him to expose himself for the first time in public. The Neapolitan team is in the front row of the title fight and Conte does not want to miss the golden opportunity to pull off a real miracle in his first year.
The next 11 matches will be decisive, 11 finals that Napoli cannot miss after losing far too many points in the last month, with Lukaku called upon to be even more of a protagonist. No wins, only four draws and one defeat in five matches for the Azzurri, who as early as the challenge against Fiorentina at the Maradona scheduled tomorrow at 3 p.m. must hit the full spoils.
If the Scudetto is a dream that an entire city is cradling, the top priority indicated by the club is the return to the Champions League, a competition that with the new formula gives new revenues to clubs.
Napoli, scelto il colpo per la fascia sinistra
A goal that now seems to be in the home stretch. Qualifying for the continental event will also give a treasury to invest in the market. Indeed, several reinforcements will be needed for a team that will have to be up to the task for both competitions in which it will participate.
Napoli, scelto il colpo per la fascia sinistra (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
That is why ds Manna is already at work to try to get ahead of the competition and place those decisive blows also to convince Conte to stay on the Azzurri bench and let ideas of a farewell fade into thin air. A central defender and a full-back at least for the defense, two level midfielders, one or two outfielders and a deputy Lukaku.
These are the absolute priorities for Napoli ahead of next season. Kvaratskhelia’s replacement is a delicate affair to be determined as soon as possible: in January, after unsuccessfully trying to acquire first Garnacho and then Adeyemi, Okafor arrived on the last day of the market on loan from AC Milan.
Un brasiliano per il Napoli: il colpo arriva dall’Olanda
The Swiss pure is beginning to show his qualities after a month of the “Conte cure”: against Inter he entered the game well but it seems really difficult that he can be confirmed for next season as well. Manna is sounding out the market and seems to have found the appropriate reinforcement.
Un brasiliano per il Napoli: il colpo arriva dall’Olanda (Ansa Foto) – SerieAnews
The ds has set his eyes in Holland, just as it happened already with Bigon at Napoli in 2013 when such a Dries Mertens was picked up from Eindhoven for 10 million euros. He arrived in azzurro as an outside player and became a magnificent center forward capable of becoming the best bomber in the history of Napoli.
And while the Azzurri fans would like to have the Belgian elf back in the blue in the managerial capacity, Manna would like to repeat what was one of the happiest transactions in Napoli’s history. This time, however, the target is not in Eindhoven but in Rotterdam, joining Feyenoord.
We are referring to Igor Paixao, a Brazilian outfielder born in 2000 who has played 24 Eredivisie matches this season with six goals and seven assists while in the Champions League he has two goals and four assists in 11 matches, with a superb performance against AC Milan in the play offs.
Right-footed, he likes to play mainly on the left lane but also juggles well on the right. Quick and quick, he has dribbling as one of his weapons and is effective under goal.
Napoli has already put 25 million euros on the table, judged so far insufficient by Feyenoord, which is asking for at least 10 million more. There will be more to negotiate but the impression is that Manna wants to close the deal as soon as possible.
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