Naples sits at the top of the Serie A ranking, and chained two victories against Atalanta and Juventus before sharing the points with AS Roma, but the month of January was not so idyllic. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's unexpected fault, who was jealously guarded during the last summer transfer window despite the pressing of PSG. It was finally in January that the Georgian left Napoli, against a check for € 70 million, after asking to leave the club.
This was explained by sports director Giovanni Manna, who had summoned a press conference, in order to explain the underside of this winter market. And the KVaratskhelia clan was clearly pointed out. “We thank Kvara for what he did in Naples, what he gave to the city, we tried to resolve a complicated situation in July, then in November, December, but we were forced to sell it in This window because we were forced, I would not say blackmail but almost, to settle this situation in January. And it had to be done, I read that it was necessary for the budget, but it is not true, we discussed a significant extension up to 20 days before, then the market dynamics and the will of the player led us to do something different ”he launched.
Garnacho made Naples crazy
This is what makes the headlines of Italian media this Wednesday noon. It was the pressure stroke of the KVaratskhelia clan which prompted Naples to review his position, while the discussions for an extension existed. And inevitably, Antonio Conte, who had repeated when he arrived on the bench last summer that he was out of the question to give in the player, was not happy. “We discussed. We are not happy because we have sold the best. I'm not happy first. But we have a group that has scored 54 points and grows a lot ”recalled Manna, who later mentioned the failure to recruit a replacement for the Georgian.
In the Garnacho case, it was the salary of the Argentinian of Manchester United who posed a problem. “We liked it, we made a very important offer. We got closer to their requests. By leaving the Premier League, he wanted to be satisfied financially, but we probably did not think that it is just towards the players who do important work ”he slipped. For Adeyemi, it was the player who wanted to wait until next summer. “We had a project of agreement with Borussia Dortmund. The footballer didn't want to come now. We did not want to insist, because all the players who arrived really wanted to come to Naples ”. Naples finally fell back on Noah Okaor, loaned by AC Milan.
