Udinese and Napoli negotiate, there is the Neapolitan relaunch for Deulofeu

You can get to 18 million plus bonuses, Ounas could reach Udinese

UDINE. Time is money and who knows how many times Gianpaolo Pozzo and Aurelio De Laurentiis will have put this proverb into practice in their long careers as businessmen. Certainly, one of the latest is really recent, if it is true that the two top representatives of Udinese and Napoli have heard directly on the phone to definitively unlock the passage of Gerard Deulofeu.

As you will remember, the negotiation had remained hidden until the end of the season, then coming into the open and taking share through two “downward” offers from the Azzurri, to which Udinese had always responded with the 25 million valuation for the 28-year-old Catalan.

THE PHONE CALL

After the first offer of 13 million and the second of 15 million plus bonuses, formulated last week by the ds of the Azzurri Cristiano Giuntoli to the bianconeri emissaries, around 10 Udinese the names of other suitors also appeared, from the Spanish Villarreal and Real Sociedad , to the English, with Antonio Conte’s Tottenham ready to ask for information until Monday 13 June.

In short, the risk that Napoli was dragged into an unwanted auction was there and to avoid it De Laurentiis took the field, who in Gianpaolo Pozzo has always found a “side” after passing him in 2004 in the race for acquisition. of Napoli, to be relaunched after the bankruptcy.

The two “number ones” therefore felt and from what emerged the Neapolitan club would have brought the offer to 18, possibly also putting on the plate Adam Ounas, the Algerian winger born in ’96 with a contract expiring in exactly 12 months, looking for a raise after the crumbs that Luciano Spalletti granted him this season, where Ounas scored only 2 goals and all in the 6 games played in Europe, remaining zero in the 15 in the league. Assessment? The specialized site “Transfermarkt” speaks of 7 million. However, it is not certain that Ounas will be of interest to the Friulians.

OLD BUSINESS

In the end it is always a question of money, but also of good relations, so Napoli and Udinese could reach the signatures for 18 million plus bonuses, the same amount that De Laurentiis paid into the Juventus coffers to bring Fabio Quagliarella under Vesuvius in 2009 and that which allowed Gokhan Inler to put on the blue jersey from 2011, not before being presented with the lion mask. In the recent past the two have signed other historic agreements, on all the passes of goalkeepers Alex Meret and Orestis Karnezis for a total of 27.5 million in 2018, but also those of the Brazilian Allan (11.5) and the Pole Piotr Zelinski (16).

LIKE GALEOTTO

Deulofeu could therefore be the next, as confirmed also by the Catalan himself who during a Q & A on his Instagram answered unequivocally to a fan who invited him to Napoli: “I have a lot of respect for Napoli, it’s a top club”.

All this, in quiet relaxation, as the Catalan has been portrayed in a swimsuit by the pool, intent on sipping a cocktail. The toast for his move seems to be getting closer.