Napoli Getting Busy and Closing In on Two Acquisitions | OneFootball

Aurelio De Laurentiis is back in Italy after a vacation and a business trip to the United States and is set for a series of meetings to shape the future of Napoli. Having already secured the Champions League qualification, the Partenopei can establish the summer budget and accelerate for a few targets, La Gazzetta dello Sport relays.

In particular, they have gained the inside track for Oumar Solet from Udinese. They are haggling over his price tag. They will be informed if he receives other offers. The coach is clamoring to sign another highly-rated defender. He discarded Rafa Marin in the past round, adapting Mathias Olivera to the role. The Friulani star has logged 16 appearances since moving to Italy as a free agent.

Napoli have also obtained a sort of option on Velez’s Alvaro Montoro. The 18-year-old is breaking out and has already accumulated 34 appearances in the pros. He has scored twice and provided one assist.

The Azzurri will need one or likely more midfielders given the uncertain future of a pair of linchpins and the increased need for depth. They are mulling over Lewis Ferguson and Davide Frattesi. Instead, the current favorites to fill the void on the left wing are Igor Paixao and Noa Lang.

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It’s not final until Conte announces it, but they must be pretty confident about his permanence since they are planning ahead. They’ll have to make a host of signings to cope with the busier schedule. It looks like they’ll go with relatively affordable but still solid players rather than making only two or three splashes.