Napoli Market, New Thrust for Garnacho. Adeyemi the Alternative and Biraghi in the Background

Naples, 28 January 2025 – There was no backlash for his transfer on a sporting or emotional level, and yet the ghost of Khvisha Kvaratskhelia continues to hover in the headquarters of Castel Volturno, especially when it comes to dealing with a numerically empty box. In this regard, the diktat of Antonio Conte remains the same: buy, yes, but not so much to lengthen the squad, which however must continue to be made up of twenty-two men to increase the level of competitiveness in training. Apparently a contradiction in terms that however hides the not so veiled invitation to the company to start thinking about a future in which the Napoli will have to be competitive on multiple fronts. Therefore, it is better to spend only for the purpose of actually strengthening the team and, needless to say, this philosophy still leads to Alexander Garnacho, the dream for today and for tomorrow.

The distance to Garnacho and the plan b Adeyemi

An expensive dream though, because the Manchester United does not differ from the 65 million asked practically from the beginning of this exhausting negotiation. Not even the meeting between the parties, which took place in Milan a few days ago, he approached potential buyers to the seller: who knows, maybe the situation will accelerate after the next summit, scheduled for shortly in England, where the sports director will go John Manna. So, even symbolically the Napoli tries to change strategy, shortening the distances even physically to demonstrate once again their interest in the Argentine joker, who is liked precisely for the present and for the future. However, good intentions are not enough, as well as the offer made so far (55 million bonuses included), considered low, even more so in light of the extra-large sum (75 million) cashed by Napoli for kvaratskhelia by Paris Saint-Germain and that everyone knows about. The disadvantages of selling the big names that the Neapolitan club knows well. In the minds of Napoli there is not only garnacho and not for lack of respect towards one of the most followed and esteemed 2004 class players on the market: notoriously Aurelio De Laurentiis does not like to enter into real upward auctions or in any case not having full control of a negotiation. Of course, it must be said that the same ADL historically he was not used to selling pillars of the squad in the middle of the season and this year, with the team in full fight for the championship, he did it also to indulge his coach and his desire to keep the turmoil away from the locker room. Therefore, never like in this historical moment, De Laurentiis can be surprising: in every sense. Yet, if the line of not being taken by the neck were carried forward, the Napoli has a concrete plan B which goes by the name of Karim adeyemi, for which there is already a draft agreement with the Borussia Dortmund on the base of 45 million. The problem in this case is the German, who apparently is reluctant to accept the courtship of the Azzurri for two reasons. The first: the lack of enthusiasm to leave his team and in general the Bundesliga in January. The second: to land at Napoli today it would mean giving up the true dream, that Premier League which could be achieved through the Chelsea, which is disturbing this negotiation but also that for the other objective garnacho, thus revealing itself to be a 'double enemy' today.

Biraghi's Plan C

With such a strong plot, it is better to also think about a plan C, as brainless as it is perhaps at the moment much more feasible than the other paths followed. It is no mystery that the Azzurri have liked it for some time Cristiano Biraghi, coming out of Fiorentina and followed by several medium-high range teams: Napoli including. The now ex-captain of the Viola is a concrete idea that risks becoming a real negotiation in the last days of the transfer market, which are now getting closer. In the event of a sinking, his job would be to become the replacement of Mathias Olivera, today among other things in the pits due to injury and therefore unavailable. In this hypothetical (but not so much) domino effect Leonardo Spinazzola would move up the attack, becoming definitively the replacement behind David Neres, now the regular starter of the left high lane. Of course, the Brazilian has recently lost a bit of that propulsive power of the very first part of his adventure in blue, the one in which the opponents were not yet aware of his qualities, but at the same time, under the orders of a perfectionist like Tale, he grew in both phases, including the defensive one which was his Achilles heel and also that of kvaratskhelia, who also due to these technical-tactical disagreements has never really entered into the good graces of the current coach (and vice versa). Is it possible that in the end the Napoli vary plan C, the most economically convenient one which, among the many benefits, would give to Tale an experienced player who is already well versed in the Serie A including biraghi, without therefore having to pay the price of the novitiate that often falls to foreigners who arrive in Italy halfway through the season. Of course, the opposite is also true: buying a more or less long-term prospect today would allow him to grow in the cotton wool offered by a team with the wind in its sails and then find himself next year, when more rotations will likely be needed thanks to the European cups, already in the thick of the project. The final word on the matter, as has been the case since last June, goes to Tale, which could push for one between garnacho e adeyemi, even at the cost of struggling to overcome the many obstacles, thus giving another demonstration of strength within society, or choose biraghi and the experience that it guarantees. There is still time, but the days are starting to pass and the gong of the market session is approaching. And who knows, maybe in the end the party of immobility will win.

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