Vincenzo D'Angelo
January 21, 2025 (changed at 12:49) – MILANO
How much traffic in Milan. Of managers and prosecutors, of course. The hotels in the station area are already the scene of major negotiations, such as the one that Napoli is trying to conclude with Manchester United for Alejandro Garnacho, 20 years old, a pure talent from the Spanish school but Argentine nationality, with goals in his DNA and shots of the predestined. Today will be a key day for the solution to the winter mystery: who will be the post Kvara? The profiles have been on the table for a while, but the time for chatter is over. Giovanni Manna must accelerate, to give Antonio Conte the quality striker with which to add horsepower to the engine in the sprint for the championship. The United managers are expected in Milan, who have two very important appointments on their agenda. The first with Napoli, to understand how far De Laurentiis' club can go to reach Garnacho. And the second with Pantaleo Corvino, head of Lecce's technical area, to talk about Patrick Dorgu. The Danish winger ended up in the sights of the Red Davils, but he never even left Napoli's notebook. For Conte and Manna it was a priority for next season, but if the Garnacho deal doesn't take off, then the Italian club could attempt an assault on Dorgu and bring forward an operation on the agenda for the summer. In short, a great intrigue.
last offer
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Manna stopped in Milan after Saturday's match. He didn't enjoy the embrace of the Azzurri people in Capodichino, he remained in the north to work, to try to give the fans another joy and also an extra weapon for his coach. “We need a market as God commands”, Conte underlined after Bergamo, putting even more pressure on his sporting director. It's a game of roles and roles, because Antonio is doing a great job with the men available and must also maintain balance within the locker room. Buying to buy, it's not worth it. We need someone to move, someone who can prevent Kvara's transfer from turning into a technical own goal. Manna knows this, which is why he has given himself a couple of more days to understand if there are margins to reach Garnacho, his first goal for some time. With Manchester we start from a huge distance: 80 million the English request, 40 the first Italian offer. Today Napoli will show that they are ready to make a further sacrifice, with Aurelio De Laurentiis – fresh back from Los Angeles – who seems willing to go up to 50 million, bonuses included. Will it be enough?
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look to the future
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It is a crucial issue, because Napoli will hardly be able to go beyond this figure. United need to sell due to financial fair play issues and Garnacho is one of the diamonds that ended up on the market. For an indecent offer though, because in Manchester they consider the Argentine a crack of the future. And in the background there is also Chelsea who asked for information: yesterday their agents were at Stanford Bridge following Chelsea-Wolverhampton, the risk of mockery is there. But Napoli already have an agreement with the player's entourage: 4 million until 2030. In short, the cards are on the table. And United could use fresh money to invest in Dorgu. Lecce would not like to sell him now and values him at 40 million. Napoli could offer them immediately if Garnacho misses out, to sign him immediately or book him in the meantime for next summer. Because the ideas are clear for the future too: together with Dorgu, Comuzzo is among the summer objectives. For a deeper, younger, and more quality Naples.
