Garnacho’s content too high
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At the end of January, reports that sports director Sebastian Kehl abate at “Sky” as “absolutely wrong” was reported on an upcoming agreement between Borussia Dortmund and the SSC Napoli for Karim Adeyemi (23). His Neapolitan counterpart Giovanni Manna presented the situation at a press conference on Wednesday. didn’t work.
“I can confirm that with Borussia Dortmund we had negotiated a draft contract for adeyemi,” said Manna. “We were there, we talked, but the player was not sure. He didn’t want to switch to us in January, we didn’t want to insist on it. All players who have come since summer really wanted to come to Napoli. If I have to convince you to go to Napoli at this level, you are not one for us. “
In the meantime there had been reports that Adeyemi would rather switch to the Premier League, where Chelsea Locke FC than to Naples. Manna said about the future of the four -time German international: “I read today that he had already agreed with another club for July. Good for him. “
Manna also referred to other traded names such as Alejandro Garnacho (20) by Manchester United and Allan Saint-Maximin (27), which is awarded by the Al-Ahli SFC to Fenerbahce. On the one hand, it failed on the one hand, and on the other hand due to “bureaucratic problems”, as the Italian described.
SSC Napoli: Garnacho’s salary too high – Okafor on the last handle
“Garnacho is a player that we dealt with before Kvara’s departure. We were very close to the sum required by United. We were unable to personally agree with Alejandro, he wanted to be financially satisfied to leave the Premier League. This seemed to us to the other players in the squad (compared to the salaries; editor’s note) not fairly. ”The fact that one had not tried earlier to agree on the ex-Hannover Saint-Maximin with Al-Ahli and Fenerbahce earlier achieve, be “a shame. (…) We wasted the hunt for other big players. ”To sign the French, there is no longer enough time. “We could not meet Al-Nahli’s demands, the same applies to Fenerbahçe.”
However, the 70 million euros from the sales of Kvaratskhelias are to be reinvested at least partially into the team. However, junior defenders Pietro Comuzzo (19), for which two offers went to the Fiorentina, was too expensive. Coated problems with coach Antonio Conte, who showed himself dismayed by the Georgian’s change of change, demented Manna. In the past, Conte had been violent with the tours of his clubs in transfer questions.
Napolis formerly the most valuable player is now replacing Noah Okafor (24), which was borrowed from AC Milan for a rental fee of 1.5 million and with a purchase option of over 23.5 million euros. Most recently, however, summer access David Neres (27) played on the left wing. Manna also commented on the non-passed medical check of the Swiss international in mid-January at RB Leipzig, which Red Bull boss Oliver Mintzlaff had confirmed. “Okafor’s situation with Milan and Leipzig is the dynamics of other clubs. It is not true that he did not pass the medical examinations. At the moment it is a bit behind our parameters. I think it takes some time to get in shape, ”said the Italian.
Kvaratskhelia’s departure: Why keep when he wants to go?
The fact that Kvaratskhelia was sold in a phase where Napoli plays around the Scudetto had also met with criticism in the city. Manna tried to explain the decision: “We thank Kvaratskhelia for what you have done over the years. We tried to correct a complicated situation: we saw each other and forced to make this transfer in January. We were not blackmailed, but almost. “
Kvaratskhelia has talked to PSG about the transfer since May – but Napoli declined in summer because you didn’t want to give the star player after a year where the European Cup was missed: “The fact that it spoke to other clubs is normal, that is part of the market. We could have tried to extend the contract earlier. But if someone wants to go, it is difficult to persuade him to stay. You can try it, but if it doesn’t work, why should we keep a player who doesn’t want to stay? Whoever is here stays because he wants it. I don’t like to force people. “
