CorSport – Napoli pause Gutierrez, target wingers, Lookman eyed | OneFootball

CorSport – Napoli, new strategy change: Gutierrez on hold, back to the winger? Lookman is also in the mix…

The Italian champions are once again seriously considering securing an offensive left winger to complete the pair with Lang. The original plan, plan-A. The names? The usual ones: from Federico Chiesa, leaving Liverpool, to Raheem Sterling and Jack Grealish, who are not in Chelsea and City's plans. And they have salaries unsustainable for anyone: between fifteen and sixteen million euros per season. Fede, on the other hand, earns around six million: he was already targeted in January, but at the time the decision was firm to continue in the Premier League with the Reds. Now the story has changed. Grealish, for his part, is very attracted by the idea of joining his former teammate and dear friend De Bruyne and is pushing for Napoli, but this – as we said – is the phase of reflections.

The symbol of these reflections? The last, frantic days of negotiations, shifts, and changes: on Thursday, the prevailing idea was to go straight for the first option, so much so that sporting director Manna had reopened contacts with the entourage of Miguel Gutierrez, the flying full-back from Girona, and had especially quickly reached an agreement with the Spanish club on the basis of eighteen million. Yesterday, however, the deal was put on hold pending new orders: Napoli decided to wait before definitively striking the deal by also closing the agreement with the player – not yet reached – and the second solution came back into vogue. The pure winger.

Sporting director Manna is quietly observing the evolution of the situation regarding Lookman after Atalanta rejected Inter's offer. Before Ademola reached his personal agreement with the Nerazzurri (of Milan), Napoli had indeed offered a large salary. The radar is active, and we will see.

Carlo Gioia

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