Luciano Spalletti’s new Napoli inevitably goes through the renewal of Lorenzo Insigne, the new European champion with Mancini’s national team and his contract expiring next year. At the season of the star (the tenth as a senior in blue) the Neapolitan attacking midfielder, on holiday with his family, would ask for a retouching on his salary that exceeds 5 million euros. Very likely in the next few hours a meeting between the club and its Pisacane agent for a negotiation that could lead to the renewal of the player, who grew up in the nursery of the De Laurentiis club and identified by Peppe Santoro, now back on the staff. It is clear that Insigne, after winning the European championship, will sit at the table with an additional credit.
The other European champion, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, spotted yesterday morning at the Roma Termini station with the team manager Lele Oriali, is greatly appreciated abroad. Even Simeone’s Atletico Madrid – who have already spent in Italy hiring De Paul from Udinese (five-year contract) – would be interested in a possible signing if the full-back Trippier were sold. For the winger, Napoli is aiming a lot to the left with Emerson Palmieri who remains at the top of the preferences, also for the good relations with Luciano Spalletti who coached him at Roma. Mario Rui should be out anyway. The interest of Galatasaray has faded and the intention of the Campania club would be not to hold him back.
The third blue continental hero is the goalkeeper Meret ready to take off for the next season. The Friulian, with the not excluded departure of Ospina, should be the stable number 1 of Spalletti’s team. Should the Colombian go away in his place, the other goalkeeper of the National Sirigu in force at Turin could take over as “twelfth”. Tomorrow the departure for the retreat in Val Di Sole. –