Napoli Widen Their Search to Find a New Man in The Back

Napoli would like to add a reliable defender on loan in January to join Alessandro Buongiorno and Amir Rrahmani, but it probably won’t be Danilo despite some contact between the parties. Juventus director Cristiano Giuntoli just took him off the market.

According to Corriere dello Sport, there doesn’t seem to be the premises to do some business between the two sides. The Azzurri don’t want to give up Giacomo Raspadori either. It remains to be determined whether they are just normal skirmishes and whether they could revisit the situation later on.

Napoli have earmarked some high-profile names, but they are all quite challenging. They’d like to bring in a youngster who could be a building block for the future, in addition to addressing an immediate need. However, they might end up settling for a veteran.

The Partenopei are keen on Antonio Silva too, but the Old Lady is advancing on him. Jakub Kiwior and Radu Dragusin are on their radar, like in the past, but it’ll be hard to convince Arsenal and Tottenham to let them go. A new entry in their shortlist is Sporting Praha’s Martin Vitik, who’s very coveted all over Europe and expensive.

Our Take on Napoli Searching For a Defender
It’s not a major need, but they have decided that it’s better to be safe than sorry, so, if Antonio Conte doesn’t trust Rafa Marin and Juan Jesus, they’ll have to find somebody proper so they can be at ease if anything happens to their starters. All those names sound unlikely for one reason or the other.