Mercato, Naples and Rome: they are already sparks for Molina and Dodo

Close marking, albeit at a distance. The great challenge of being the queen of the South is also being played out on the market these days. Naples and Rome have the legitimate ambition of continuing to cause trouble in the fight at the top. And also to make a good impression in Europe. To do this, however, you need to have two squads that live up to their respective coaches’ desire to win: Allegri on one side and Gasperini on the other. Who, waiting to meet on the pitch, are already facing each other in the search for the right winger. Nahuel Molina is the latest temptation at Napoli: Manna has moved, pushed by Allegri who already wanted him at Juventus. But in the exploratory chat, the Italian sporting director discovered that Roma have also recently made a move on the Argentine. And he must have smiled, given that the same thing has already happened in recent weeks for Dodo. The Brazilian from Fiorentina, in fact, was one of the first names mentioned by Gasp to his managers. In short, Napoli and Roma are looking for a turn to the right and are running for the same objectives: managing to emerge today could also have important effects during the course of the season.

sprint for molina

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Manna’s summer will be rather complicated, for Napoli he must sell before being able to think about possible reinforcements. However, it is clear that the bulk of the work must be done now, also to avoid the risk of immediately losing the objectives considered priorities by the Italian sporting director. Napoli were targeting Khalaili from Union Saint Gilloise, but were taken aback by the 25 million requested by the Belgian club. Manna thus reopened the dialogue with Juanlu Sanchez of Sevilla, asked Genoa for information on Norton-Cuffy and then, at Allegri’s invitation, moved specifically for Molina: the Argentine still has one year left on his contract and wants a change of scenery. He likes Italy, he would gladly go back, having already spent two years in Udine. And Napoli has one more weapon to convince Atletico to give in: Simeone dotes on Mathias Olivera and already last summer he was very close to bringing him to Madrid. The Uruguayan had asked Napoli to sell him and is still flattered by Atletico’s interest. The exchange, then, is not science fiction but time is needed, given that the players are at the World Cup. And Roma, on the other hand, hopes to use this time in their favor, perhaps managing to formulate the right offer to convince Atletico and defeat the competition.

dodo

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And then there is Dodo, in fact, who Allegri likes a lot, but also Gasperini. He too, just like Molina, has his contract expiring in a year and so Fiorentina wants to sell him to monetize now, before it’s too late. The relationship between the Brazilian right winger and the Viola club is excellent, also the result of these four years spent together in a positive way. So much so that yesterday Fabio Paratici, Fiorentina’s sporting director, treated the topic with great serenity, while actually giving advance greetings to the player: “Dodo is a 28-year-old player and has legitimate ambitions, just like Fiorentina. We’ll see what happens in the next few days or months. The interest of Roma and Napoli? I’m not here to go into specifics: together we will evaluate the situations and try to do the best possible for both.” Allegri has been following him for some time and would like to have him with him in Naples, except that Manna currently has limited spending power on that specific role. Roma, on the other hand, is really on the hunt for a winger to make up the starting pair together with Wesley. The ideal for D’Amico would be to find someone on the left (and his eyes are on another Atalanta player, Matteo Ruggeri, who Gasp knows perfectly), in order to bring Wesley back to the right. But the Dodo solution also whets the appetite, but would involve Wesley staying on the other side of the pitch. Fiorentina values ​​the player at 15-17 million euros, but in Trigoria they are convinced that they can discount a different price, also due to the fact that he will be released on a free transfer in twelve months. In short, the clash on the flanks is only just beginning, we’ll see in the end who will come out on top between Naples and Rome.