Napoli After Torino Star Despite Re-Upping with Meret | OneFootball

Napoli took it down to the wire but prolonged the contract of Alex Meret, tacking on another year with an option for one further season, but they still want to bring in somebody who would alternate and compete with him, and the closest target is Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.

According to Tuttomercatoweb, the Torino stalwart has a €20M release. The Partenopei are probing whether they can acquire him for less or at least dilute the payments. The fixed sums generally need to be paid on the nail or in a small number of installments.

Napoli have come to terms with Milinkovic-Savic and are in touch with Torino. There could be room to insert a player in the negotiation. The counterparty has shown interest in Cyril Ngonge, who’s on his way out and had his best season under their new coach Marco Baroni at Hellas Verona. He should transfer regardless.

The Serb has grown steadily since moving to Piedmont back in 2017. He went out on multiple loans to cut his teeth and started getting minutes in 2020. He has manned their posts in the past 4 seasons, allowing 168 goals and keeping 52 clean sheets in 158 games.

The Azzurri also kicked the tires on Zion Suzuki early in the summer, but they didn’t find an opening. Parma want to keep him and set a lofty price tag to even start a negotiation.

Our Take on Napoli and Milinkovic-Savic

Somehow, they manage to doubt Meret even after handing him an extension. The Torino man is fine, but he isn’t at the level to push him and isn’t a prospect with upside. Antonio Conte surely likes to keep everybody on his toes, but there are wiser ways to spend money.