Temptation Insigne goodbye to Naples and Italy, destination Toronto

The proposal that could change Lorenzo Insigne’s life and career came two days after a Christmas spent in quarantine. In the late Canadian morning, when it was already afternoon in Naples, an email from Toronto FC shuffled the cards on the table of a contract renewal expiring on June 30, 2022: in the attachment, on the headed paper of the first non-US club to win the Major League Soccer, there was too much upside rise from the sender to leave the receiver indifferent.

A definitive five-year offer of 10 million net, 1.5 as a “gift” upon signing and another 4.5 of bonuses linked to goals, assists and appearances per season, after the first approach of 8 million per year plus prizes in recent months: take for a total of 50 million and broken, perhaps even immediately for the joy of Toronto Fc, or leave. And barring sensational and increasingly unlikely raises from Napoli, voluntarily stopped at 3.5 million plus bonuses (against the current 4.6), Lorenzo Insigne will not accept in a particularly long time (by March) to move to June from a free transfer , avoiding the escape in the middle of the season and honoring the contract until the last day in blue.

In Toronto, where the direction that the relationship (expiring) between Atletico Madrid and Luis Suarez could take, the former “street urchin” may not be the only European champion on the way: evaluations in progress, not yet transformed into an offer, even on Andrea Belotti, another luxury blue “free agent” on the June market.

The eventual absence or presence of Italy from the Qatar World Cup could weigh on the path that the “Gallo” will take after the Bull. A non-secondary variable, with relative travel difficulties in times of pandemic and assessments on the competitiveness of the US championship on the back of the coach Mancini, which Toronto Fc has liquidated with the promise of 3 million net more per season, compared to the first attempt, on Insigne’s bank account. Now the blue captain and Napoli, after 16 years of unconditional love between the nursery and the first team (with the exception of the loans in Cavese, Foggia and breaking latest news), will try not to live separately at home: a temporary cohabitation , preferably not whistled by the fans, which could be useful for everyone. Both at Insigne, just one goal from joining Maradona in the Italian scorers’ classification, and at Napoli, looking for a place in the Champions League and ballasted in January by the African Cup for Koulibaly, Osimhen, Anguissa and Ounas. Six months to say goodbye and find some goodbye gifts. –