Gazzetta: Atletico push for Raspadori, Napoli want €30m, replacements | OneFootball

Gazzetta – Napoli Transfer Market: Atletico insists on Raspadori, but at least 30 million is needed! Possible replacements...

AAA selling a forward who can also play as a winger and who, when needed, is a second striker and in emergencies transforms into a midfielder: thirty million (plus the fateful five in bonuses) to anyone who can flatter him by offering interesting prospects, the right club charm and if possible a reward trip for a few years (let's say five) abroad. The dream fair, actually a market that has nothing to do with Portobello, is a diversion or can become one and anyway, without any announcements in proximity or on the horizon, something has happened and something else could (or should) happen: Jack Raspadori, the one whose goals are not counted – because he has played little – but are weighed – because he knows how to solve delicate situations or very suggestive days – has started to pack his suitcase on the bed, then you figure out if there is also a long journey in the style of Julio Iglesias. If they leave, he and Napoli, yes the goodbye is worth it: it will take about thirty million, however, to convince De Laurentiis to empty the showcase of a jewel that is nice to see, oh yes, and that also has a grace that never hurts. The Cholo, who knows about footballers and if necessary, could always ask his son, Giovanni known as Cholito, who knows a lot, needs a multitasking: he had thought of Enzo Millot from Stuttgart, but when they called from Al-Ahli it was impossible to resist the usual indecent proposal. And then Raspadori appeared, of whom there is nothing to discover, he was a partner and competitor of his firstborn, he has enough relationships and in case a little help would come in the family to discover other secret virtues. The negotiations have ways and times that escape the protocols but it is known, for example, that Raspadori has been in contact with his agent for a long time, he has listened, he has memorized, he has reflected and he has not unnecessarily unbalanced: the boy is polite, not even in the darkest days he has brought out the dust settled under the carpet, let alone do it now that he is at the skirmishes, those unleashed by the distance of a dozen million between those who want to buy and those who should give up.

Napoli is not in a hurry, nor anxious, it is in good condition – obviously – but certainly does not ignore outgoing business, for the sake of balance: about thirty million would be needed to face the expenses of the last period, already anyway reshaped by Kvara+Osi, and anyway would then allow to think about something else. For example, a high winger, another one, who can still be useful in the game of pairs; or maybe, who knows... If Raspadori were to leave, and with him also Simeone, Napoli would have three wingers (Lang, Neres, Politano) and two forwards (Lucca and Lukaku): a window would remain open, therefore, from which to lean out to get where you would like or could, to Federico Chiesa (28 in October) who has no place in Liverpool; or one between Grealish and Sterling, luxury surplus at Manchester City and Chelsea. But it is known that all the bands, the left-handed ones (for a player who can then kick with the right) would lead to Napoli: at that point, it will be crucial to know how to choose. But with thirty million more in the bank, it would probably also be a bit easier.

Carlo Gioia

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