Napoli, double joy for Olivera: return and renewal close

Naples, 15 January 2025 – The excellent performance of Leonardo Spinazzola against Verona he didn't miss it, but Mathias Olivera is now a very important factor in the economy of this Napoli who has no intention of stopping his march. The accident occurred against Fiorentina it turned out to be less serious than expected, to the point that the Uruguayan 'risked' returning to the field in the next round: then, rightly, prudence took over, but now the moment of his return is near, as is that of a renewal that smacks of a definitive investiture.

The possible turning point match

The first good news is the recovery of the class of '97, ready to take back his lane already in the very complicated match at home toAtalanta which will open the terrible cycle of the beginning of the second half of his season Napoli, called to the umpteenth useful test in this case to even try to definitively distance a contender for the title. The Orobics, in the last few weeks in a phase of decline, have not in fact made the most of the recovery against Juventus, not going beyond a draw, a result that always has two sides: a speech that is now becoming almost tragicomic for the black and whites, who have reached the x mark number 13 in the championship and precisely because of this performance, they are now definitively detached from the fight for the title. In the event of a victory at Gewiss Stadium, Napoli would risk (so to speak) putting (almost) out of action even theAtalanta, which would then slide to 7 points of distance in the standings: a margin with rather heavy contours at this point of the season. Of course, as always the opposite is also true: if the men of Gian Piero Gasperini, who would therefore choose the best opportunity to archive the mini crisis, the Azzurri would find themselves glued to the other Nerazzurri team together with theInter, today in turn to -4 but with two games to recover. In short, a Bergamo it will really take the best Napoli and certainly not the one from the first leg, overwhelmed 0-3 al Maradona from the formation that on that very day reiterated to everyone its candidacy for the top positions in the rankings. And, therefore, it will also be necessary for every single one available to Antonio Conte be polished up to get the better of man-to-man duels against a team that makes this prerogative its best weapon. If Spinazzola he is an ex and could therefore have the usual motivations in these cases, Olive it has always been a certainty since the beginning of this season which has proved to be the season of his consecration after the performance in the previous years had never fully convinced. All doubts belong to the past, to the point that the Napoli prepare the plan to lock it down even until 2030.

The details of the renewal

The renewal, in light of the current deadline which is already not very close (30 June 2027), also takes on a symbolic value just at the moment in which the Neapolitan club is about to sell Khvisha Kvaratskhelia, the symbol of the scudetto with which instead the discussions to extend the contract and adjust the salary have practically never been opened. The message of the Napoli seems clear and strong: whoever demonstrates that he deserves it with self-denial and dedication to the cause, will be duly rewarded, seeing his efforts recognized. From symbols to facts, which see Pablo Boselli, the Uruguayan's agent, already in the city to try to close the matter even before the very delicate match of Gewiss Stadium. It is difficult, however, that by Saturday evening the Napoli may already have the heir in his hands kvaratskhelia: all tracks lead to Alexander Garnacho, with which the square would not be far, but the distance with the Manchester United would still be large and to be quantified in more than 20 million. In fact, there has been much talk about the sum, approximately 75 million, That the Napoli will collect through the Paris Saint-Germain and few of the requests that come from theEngland for a class of 2004 who at those latitudes, not to mention in Argentina, is compared to several top players. To give in garnachoin fact, the United does not fall below the 80 million, a figure that would practically oblige the Napoli to immediately squander all the treasure that will come in Fourth: not quite what they dream of Aurelio De Laurentiis e John Manna. The parties are at work and will continue to do so in the coming days, not to mention weeks, while the lower left lane seems already settled and increasingly in the hands of Olive, one step away from the renewal. At the same time, thanks to the injury of the former Getafe, also Spinazzola has seen his stock rise, thus chasing away those rumours that spoke of a farewell after just one semester in blue. The impression is that the alternation between the two, more or less wanted by Tale, has done good to both, taking away certainties from those who felt like a regular starter like Olive and adding to those who instead like Spinazzola he feared to see the entrance of Sunset Boulevard closer than expected. Nearby instead there is only the outline of the Gewiss Stadium, a field that is never banal and never simple and that will say something more about the real ambitions of the Napoli, who has taken and passed many exams since August. Among the failures issued in the first half of the season is preciselyAtalanta, who conquered the Maradona with a victory without appeal that for the Azzurri seemed to be the omen of that winter collapse so feared Fuorigrotta and much hoped for by the rivals. Instead, no collapse, on the contrary: the Napoli continues to win and convince despite some serious defections due to injury and the imminent sale of the star of the squad, which, while waiting for the transfer market, will for now be counterbalanced by the return of Olive, the pillar whose importance not everyone has yet realized. With the exception of the headquarters of Castel Volturno.

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