The eyes of Italy on Napoli. Not yet as the main favorite, but certainly as one of the hottest alternatives to compete for the Scudetto with Inter. It was said through gritted teeth, by mutual agreement for fear of going too far and exaggerating. However, Antonio Conte’s ability to quickly turn around a team’s morale and performance is now well known, and the Azzurri will not be competing in European competition next season.
The market moved a few weeks ago. The Neapolitan company is slowly changing its structure, but it started from the department defensive. The first names to land in Campania all operate in the back package, on which Conte is already working to modify its conformation. Let’s find out which Napoli 2024-25 purchases have been made so far and in which role will operate.
From Madrid but without ever having played in real life Real Madrid. Two seasons with the Castilla and then the big leap to La Liga, where he wore the Alavés shirt in the previous season, turning into one of the leader defensive of the Vitoria team. The desire to be the protagonist was impossible to find in the capital blanca and the choice to emigrate to Naples for 12 million of euros and a formula that includes both redemption and counter-redemption is too complicated to explain in a single sentence.
This is a central defender imposing who can operate both as a right-hand man and as a reference and guide between the two. At the moment Conte is working on Di Lorenzo as right-hand man, a hypothesis that automatically demotes him to the bench. However, the season is very long and the choices of the former CT can change quickly.
Napoli’s most important purchase of the summer session and could remain so even in the event of new arrivals. Alessandro Good morning he is a fundamental move for the change of direction of Naples, which last year suffered a downsizing especially from a defensive point of view. A footballer in enormous growth in Turin and with the Italian national team, courted by several big clubs and convinced by Antonio Conte’s project to land in Naples.
His favorite foot is the left one, a rarity that allows him to operate both left and centerwhere perhaps he reaches the peak of his performance. He is experiencing the best moment of his career and a further leap in quality is expected by everyone, despite the fact that he has been one of the strongest in the championship for at least two years. The moves from leader he has them, he will just have to confirm them in a bigger place and with greater pressure.
At 31 years old, after 151 appearances and 5 consecutive seasons with the Roma shirt, Leonardo Spinazzola he moved down a few hundred kilometers to move to Napoli on a free transfer. An important move in a role in which the Azzurri will probably say goodbye to Mario Rui, betting on a profile more suited to the style of play that Antonio Conte intends to impose in Campania.
His speed in progression is still top notch and his bursts towards the baseline are still difficult to contain for opponents. He will undoubtedly play like fifth on the leftin a position in which he has given exciting performances in his long adventure in Giallorossi. Mathias Olivera joined the group late due to his commitment in the Copa America with Uruguay, but the feeling is that despite Spinazzola seeming to have a slight advantage, Conte will alternate them to preserve their freshness.
