Naples, everything is ready for the revolution: who stays and who leaves

Naples, 1 May 2024 – Starting a revolution without yet knowing certain variables, such as participation in a European competition or, even worse, the name of the next coach and that of the future sporting director, who however, in the person of John Manna, already works in the shadows, it may appear rather risky, but at home NapoliParadoxically, certainties already exist precisely in such a climate. Talking about a clean slate is obviously inaccurate. Own the recent match against Rome it highlighted something that, after all, was already known: the Azzurri will not be the squad of a year ago, despite the fact that the squad has remained almost unchanged, but there is some basis from which to start again. The roster was mentioned: speaking only of the starters, the only change compared to the team that would have won the championship concerns the absence of Kim Min Jae, which in turn al Bayern Munich is not maintaining the standards admired in the shadow of Vesuvius, as was evident in the recent disastrous performance in Champions League against Real Madrid. Precisely the involution of the South Korean, someone who had left the ship Napoli long before it began to take on water from all sides, brings back into vogue that months-old debate regarding the true face of the Azzurri: this year's one, when apparently nothing succeeds, or last season's one, when instead everything went smoothly until there was talk of collective and individual overperformance? The question is no longer just inquisitorial and almost masochistic, as well as winking at the nostalgia effect, but also concerns the future, which in turn is triggering other question marks to be resolved as soon as possible: from whom will the Napoli What will be?  

Who stays

  Until a few days ago the response would have been almost totally defeatist, but recent developments, both on and off the field, are portraying a revolution that is perhaps less widespread than expected. From the group of departing players they emerge strongly Khvisha Kvaratskhelia e Giovanni Di Lorenzo: the first because, finally, after a long and frantic wait, he is close to renewing his contract, which should be extended by 3 years (with option for a further season), upon payment of a salary from 3 million on one side fixes more bonuses, while for the second, despite some friction with the square (and with part of the locker room) and the sirens of the Premier League, the role of veteran and pillar will weigh heavily, an ingredient that is even more necessary at the dawn of a new cycle. Remaining in the backward department, there is an air of permanence also for Amir Rrahmani, as well as for Mario Rui: what shifts the balance in both cases are two contracts renewed practically only in the last few months. After a long turbulence and just as much uncertainty, a happy ending is emerging for Alex Meret, formally armored by Napoli with the extension started automatically recently thanks to the appearances made on the pitch during the season: naturally, it takes a long time from here to put our hand in the fire on the Friulian's permanence, with most of the assessments to be made by the next trainer. Similar discussion for Mathias Olivera, not totally armored as well as Stanislav Lobotka e jesper lindstrom, although the latter two are grappling with opposite market scenarios: for the Slovakian, as well as for Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, any offers will be taken into consideration due to an age that is no longer very green, while around the Dane, fresh from a season of total flop, everything is silent and therefore the permanence, with the objective of redemption in the sights, seems obligatory. Barring sensational twists, perhaps dictated by the so-called indispensable offer, they will continue to wear blue even Matteo Politano, Jens Cajust e Cyril Ngonge, as well as James Raspadori, who, however, asks for guarantees in terms of playing time on the pitch: the ball, in this case too, will pass to the coach of the future, who will put the 2000-born player on or off the market.

Who leaves

  However, the adventure in the Campania capital of is at the end of the line Pierluigi Gollini, which should return toAtalanta without going through the redemption: the role of deputy of the poles of the Maradona should go to Elia caprile, which in the meantime, remaining on the subject of loans, a Empoli provided great feedback. I'm on the farewell step too Leo Ostigard e Juan Jesus: the former played the thankless role of mysterious object even in the year of the Scudetto's grace, while the latter, in addition to being the protagonist of several defensive blunders, also seems to be at odds with the part of the locker room under the captain's wing By Lorenzo. Not exactly details. Other supporting actors such as Pasquale Mazzocchi e Nathan remain in the balance: to date, paradoxically, the former has a better chance of continuing to wear the blue, which is increasingly faded for the latter, who has become in spite of himself the emblem of the failed market of a summer ago. They will say hello Castel Volturno at the end of the contract Piotr Zielinski e Diego Demme, with the second curiously already 'on holiday' since January, that is, since the Neapolitan club did not include him in any list. I'm practically already at the door Leander Dendoncker e Hamed Junior Traore: the first, in blue, has almost never been seen, while the second pays the very high ransom set by Bournemouth and the poor guarantees provided on a physical level. In all likelihood it has also reached the end of the cycle Giovanni Simeone, which claims space, while the question linked to the future of Victor Osimhen it is the most complex and, paradoxically, also the simplest. The Nigerian's farewell, in fact, can be automatically unblocked thanks to a termination clause: the problem, assuming it exists, concerns its scope, for a figure between 120 e 130 million. If no top team will be scared, with the Paris Saint-Germain in pole position, it will be precisely the monstrous sum injected into the coffers of the Neapolitan club, in the absence of the Champions League, to fuel a market that is anything but banal: the credit for the scudetto is now over and no move could be more wrong. At the risk of 'throwing away' another season.

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