Napoli director admits is Okafor ‘a little behind’ but denies Leipzig medical failure | OneFootball

Napoli’s sporting director Giovanni Manna has spoken about the signing of Noah Okafor from AC Milan, commenting on the state that he has arrived in.

Okafor experienced a strange winter transfer window, starting with when he flew to Germany to complete a move to RB Leipzig but had to fly back less than 24 hours later because the deal had collapsed.

What exactly went on will likely remain inside the respective boardrooms, but Leipzig seemed to leak that it was due to an unsatisfactory medical – which Milan took a shot at. As we revealed there was a late attempt to change economic aspects of the operation.

In the end though the Swiss forward did get his move, joining Napoli on a loan with option to buy deal on the final day of the window. Speaking at a press conference two days after the closing of the winter mercato, Manna answered a question from a journalist about the concerns regarding Okafor’s physical condition.

“His situation with Leipzig is the dynamics of other clubs. It’s not true that he didn’t pass the medicals. He’s a little behind for our parameters, we work in a certain way. He needs some time to get back into shape,” he said (via MilanNews).