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CorSport – Napoli Market: Hojlund is the number one target! The alternative is Dovbyk…

Every effort and further dialogue for the first on the list. Rasmus Hojlund is Napoli's number one target for the attack after Lukaku's injury. DS Manna has been talking to the entourage for days, wanting to reach the player's definitive yes. Conte is also waiting for him, who wants to welcome his new center-forward who will have to support Lucca in the weight of the offensive department. Hojlund more than anyone, more than Dovbyk who also likes, because Napoli has set a goal, another, and wants to achieve it as soon as possible.

Hojlund has already opened up to Napoli, who knows his main request: he wanted to stay at United but if he really has to leave, as the club has made him understand by excluding him from the first Premier and probably also from the second scheduled for Sunday against Fulham, he will want to do it on a permanent basis or in any case on loan with an obligation to redeem, in short, feeling ready to live a new experience that can be a guarantee of continuity. His entourage has reiterated this concept to Napoli. But with Hojlund, we also talk about salary. At Milan, he had asked for 6.5 million per season, for this reason, the track had cooled down: the proposal had been different and the player had said no. Also for Napoli, the figure is high. But it's negotiable. Then, only after, in case of total agreement, with the player's yes, Napoli will talk to United. Who is ready to give him up.

The starting point is already there: a paid loan of 5-6 million with a redemption right of 35-40 million. Or obligation, as Hojlund wants. Here is the distance to be filled. Will Napoli take a step towards the player, accepting the obligation and thus planning another investment for next year - in practice, the same formula with which Lucca arrived - or will the player convince himself, perhaps trying to deserve confirmation on the field with goals? Also because Napoli, in the talks with the agents, explained to Hojlund that the esteem is total, that from the club's side there is maximum trust in him and for the future, nothing is excluded. Of course, the Dane is very much liked, really interests, has the right characteristics to complete the department, is also under (class 2003) and would not occupy places in the league list, still has wide margins of growth despite having already shown a lot, especially in the show season of Bergamo, 2022/23 season.

Carlo Gioia

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