The former Napoli captain wants to leave Toronto. It would bring enthusiasm, but there is the hiring issue
For the moment the label is “attempt”. Whether it will become a “business” will be revealed in the next few days. Monza, last in the standings, are seriously thinking about Lorenzo Insigne. The former Napoli captain, who will be in Toronto from July 2022, has passed the idea stage to become something more at Monza.
The situation
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In Brianza, in addition to goals, the quality of play and a defender, an intangible thing is needed: emotion. The one that is gradually disappearing around the team. To the point of being booed and criticized after the defeat against Cagliari on Sunday. Because last place is heavy, just as the 7 points from first place are good enough to save yourself. But above all it is the absence of magic that is enveloping the team. And so with Insigne we would try to lift everything up a bit. However, this is not a simple operation. The 2021 European champion earns a guaranteed 15.4 million dollars with Italy (7.5 million basic salary, MLS data) and has a contract until 30 June 2026. A mountain of money therefore that Monza does not can equalize. The MLS championship will resume on the weekend of February 22-23, but Insigne does not intend to wait. He considers his Canadian adventure to be over and would have communicated this to the franchise.
Contact
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This is why Monza has entered the wake. Contacts are expected in these days between the Brianza management and Insigne’s agents. Just a phone call, a conversation to put thoughts and numbers on the table. Because in addition to finding an economic framework, we will also need to listen to the person directly involved. Who would like to return to Italy and there could be a fair amount of movement around him. His class is undeniable and the “tiraggiro” can still be useful to many clubs in our Serie A. Monza, to try to save themselves (no team has succeeded after winning only one match in the first round from when the Serie A has 20 teams, 2004-05 season) it will be necessary to push a little, to understand how far we can go beyond the financial limits set at the beginning of the season. Fininvest has invested over 300 million since it took over the club, around 40 this year alone. The company remains for sale, but seeing it sink to the bottom of Serie A with a whole group ahead of us is inevitably sad. Also, mainly, in the memory of Silvio Berlusconi. If it becomes a negotiation, it will also be for the opening that Insigne will give to Monza. Because the salary will have to be lowered. The desire to raise the level of competition has returned to him. Italy represents a concrete choice. Without forgetting other European tracks (Greece, Türkiye…) or the Arab world. So many roads ahead of him, who knows whether the “trouble” will turn towards Monza.
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