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Milan offer Higuain four-year deal?
Milan offer Higuain four-year deal?
Milan have reportedly offered Gonzalo Higuain a four-year contract on wages of €4.5m a season. Following the recent arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo, the Argentine forward has been heavily linked with a move away from the Old Lady this summer. Chelsea are the favourites to secure Higuain’s signature, with the 30-year-old having previously worked with new […]
Ancelotti sees ‘good signs’
Ancelotti sees ‘good signs’
Carlo Ancelotti saw ‘good signs’ from his Napoli players as they beat Carpi 5-1 in their second pre-season friendly. The Partenopei swept aside the Serie B club at the Stadio Briamasco in Trento as they continued their preparations for the new campaign. And speaking post-match, the new San Paolo boss expressed his delight with the […]
Reina dismisses Chelsea links
Reina dismisses Chelsea links
Milan’s Pepe Reina dismisses rumours linking him with a quick reunion with Maurizio Sarri at Chelsea. The Spanish goalkeeper was the former Napoli Coach’s first choice shot-stopper at the San Paolo. He agreed a free transfer to the San Siro this summer but, with the London club in the market for a new number one, […]
Ciciretti close to Parma
Ciciretti close to Parma
Napoli forward Amato Ciciretti is reportedly close to re-joining Parma for the coming season. The 24-year-old signed for the Partenopei on a pre-contract deal in January, so Benevento loaned him to Serie B for the remainder of the season. Ciciretti did join up with Carlo Ancelotti’s squad for the pre-season training camp at Dimaro, but […]
ADL: ‘Allegri in love with Hamsik’
ADL: ‘Allegri in love with Hamsik’
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis says Juventus Coach Max Allegri is “in love” with Marek Hamsik but the patron “never believed in his transfer to China”. The Partenopei captain appeared close to leaving the club for the Far East, but has decided to stay and work with new Coach Carlo Ancelotti. “In the past there […]
Sampdoria sign Rafael
Sampdoria sign Rafael
Sampdoria have officially confirmed the signing of former Napoli goalkeeper Rafael Cabral on a free transfer. The Brazilian joined the Partenopei in 2013, and was the starting goalkeeper for the 2014-15 season, playing in 23 of 38 Serie A games. The return of Pepe Reina pushed him down the pecking order though, and he only […]
ADL: ‘Never sell Napoli’
ADL: ‘Never sell Napoli’
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis speaks to fans and says he’ll never sell the club “as long as I live”. The Partenopei are at their pre-season training camp at Dimaro, and the owner signed some autographs and joked with some fans this morning. One asked if the club could be sold to Chinese investors, but […]
ADL: ‘Mertens will stay’
ADL: ‘Mertens will stay’
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis assures Dries Mertens won’t be exchanged for Roma’s Alessandro Florenzi – “I love Dries a lot, I’ll keep him”. The Partenopei patron has taken to doing ‘true or false?’ segments about the latest transfer rumours, and he returned to Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli today, starting with a question on Alvaro […]
‘Sarri wanted to dismantle Napoli’
‘Sarri wanted to dismantle Napoli’
Aurelio De Laurentis has claimed that new Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri ‘wanted to dismantle’ the Napoli squad. De Laurentiis regularly took digs at Sarri throughout his three-year spell with Napoli, despite the 59-year-old leading the Partenopei to as many top-three finishes, and the Coach drew the ire of his former President once more with his recent […]
Benzema: Di Marzio still a liar!
Benzema: Di Marzio still a liar!
Karim Benzema has called Gianluca Di Marzio a ‘liar’ again, while his agent his laughed off Milan links once more. Intermediary Ludovic Fattizzo responded to Benzema’s first denial by insisting Milan had indeed held talks with his representatives at their training ground on Monday. However, the Real Madrid striker reacted a second time by writing […]