Napoli Market, almost done for Milinkovic-Savic: the details and the rivalry with Meret

Naples, 20 June 2025 – And if the wait for the renewal of Alex Meret was the renewal itself? A well-known advertising slogan lends itself well to one of the longest tugs and pulls at home Napoli, but never like now the resolution of the matter does not seem far off: also because, in fact, the 30nd June, is just a decade away. This time, however, after moments of alternating flavor and perhaps an excessive optimism aired in recent months, the signature of the Friulian until 30 June 2027, with an option for the Neapolitan club for a further season together, is really close, with the salary that should rise to 2,5 million net. A door has closed, this time in a positive sense, for the Napoli a really big door will open (also): to be precise, the 202 cm for 92 kg di Vanya Milinkovic-Savic, one step away from wearing blue.  

The figures of the deal between Napoli, Torino and Milinkovic-Savic

The agreement between Napoli e Turin it is really close for a figure that should be around 18-19 million, practically a little less than the value of the termination clause in force for Italian clubs (20 million), in light of the initial offer of 16 million, with the acceleration that also came to avoid the blitz of the Manchester United, a company that curiously in 2015 took the Serbian from the Vojvodina but without ever letting him debut in the first team. After much wandering on loan, with alternating fortunes, Milinkovic-Savic (which in blue should earn between1,6 el '1,7 millionand per year until 30 June 2029) he devoted himself to Turin especially in the past Serie A, in which in 37 games played he kept a clean sheet in 10 occasions, also parrying well 4 penalties. Practically another specialist in front of the disc after Meret, with which it also shares the year of birth. Milinkovic-Savic, long relegated to the thankless role of 'brother of', unlike Friulian, it exploded much later: today the double surname makes one think first of Vanja that Sergej, In which 2023 had chosen the cause Al-Hilal and certainly not for purely technical and sporting reasons. Vanja instead he has been able to wait calmly and peacefully for his moment, a bit of two elements that he also transfers to the field to the defenses he leads by showing off the house's strong points: saved penalties, in fact, but also a physical power in high exits and a great ability with his feet that makes him in fact a sort of additional outfield player. The prerogative of knowing how to maneuver the ball is now required of all modern goalkeepers, but for Milinkovic-Savic we leave the rhetoric behind: his past as a striker comes back to the fore when, if necessary, he has to take penalty kicks or free kicks, like the memorable one against Carpi which crashed into the crossbar. A very clear message to Antonio Conte, that next season, that of the four competitions to be played trying not to leave anything on the road, he will be called to settle a pretty good runoff between the posts.

Coexistence between Meret and Milinkovic-Savic

Yes, because after years of sliding doors, the Napoli will find himself having to manage those who will effectively be two owners. From Salvatore Sirigu a Pierluigi Gollini, Via Elia caprile e Simone scuffet: in recent seasons the role of deputy of Meret has seen several goalkeepers come and go, all valid despite the difference in age, technical quality and operation formulas. Among all, Caprile seemed to be the one chosen for the present but above all for the future, but something between the parties did not work. Perhaps the desire of the 2001 class not to remain bottled up in a role, that of reserve, difficult to shake off especially when you are a goalkeeper by profession, or perhaps the poor feeling with Tale and with his ideas of the prototype of a goalkeeper: regardless of the motivations and against all odds, the career of Caprile will continue elsewhere, probably still in Cagliari (which should exercise the right of redemption set at 8 million) before perhaps trying to give himself a future in a big team, but possibly this time as a starter. The young Caprile he was raring to go, perhaps even legitimately from the perspective of yet another Italian youngster forced to live years of apprenticeship before, perhaps, having the chance to consistently show his qualities, without the fear of making mistakes which, among other things, for a goalkeeper is often equivalent to a sentence without appeal: better to go for a profile with experience like Milinkovic-Savic, who is a candidate to become the alternative goalkeeper to Meret, more than a reserve of the same. It is difficult, at this time, to speak of a cup goalkeeper or a championship goalkeeper: a lot will be played in the retreat, because the scenario that instead sees the Serbian overtake the Italian in the hierarchies cannot be excluded despite the renewal that has been in the laboratory for some time now and is ready to see the light (and the consequent increase in the salary). He decides Tale, as has been the case for over a year now in the Campania capital, and the verdict issued by Dimaro before and Castel di Sangro then it will be incontestable by everyone: even by those directly involved. At the moment, the stock market is talking about Meret owner, and it couldn't be otherwise after a championship at the highest levels in which he put his signature on the scudetto with several miraculous interventions (and too often underestimated by fans and the media), and Milinkovic-Savic as a lieutenant, rather than a reserve. All this while waiting for the official announcements: respectively, that on the renewal of the Friulian and the other on the arrival of the Serbian at the end of a seemingly lightning-fast negotiation, because the first contacts between Napoli e Turin date back to early spring, if not even winter. As happened in previous years, the Azzurri have sown the seeds of various market operations well in advance: now comes the time to reap the fruits, big and already ripe as in the case of Milinkovic-Savic.