Napoli Taking Steps to Beat Chelsea to Man Utd Outcast

Napoli and Manchester United re-established contact for Argentine forward Alejandro Garnacho on Friday. According to Gianluca Di Marzio, the Serie A pacesetters renewed talks with the Red Devils yesterday as they bid to complete a mouth-watering double swoop this winter.

Indeed, Napoli are seemingly on the verge of luring Borussia Dortmund starlet Karim Adeyemi to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. After sanctioning Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s mega-money transfer to Paris Saint-Germain, Antonio Conte is in the market for attacking reinforcements.

Napoli could use a portion of the Georgian’s deal to land Adeyemi, whose arrival will probably set the Partenopei back at least €45 million. That’s by no means a high-profile deal, yet they have no intention to pull the plug on their winter spending.

Despite stiff competition from Chelsea, Napoli haven’t lost hope of luring Garnacho to Serie A. Napoli’s latest offer in the region of €55m fell around €10m short of Man Utd’s valuation of their wantaway star. However, the Italians are reluctant to walk away from this deal.

Napoli can draw heart from the Argentine winger’s desire to continue his career in Italy. Indeed, Garnacho prefers Naples over Chelsea, handing the Partenopei a potentially decisive transfer boost. The player’s will could force United to lower their demands toward the end of January.

Ruben Amorim is desperate to reinforce his depleted squad this winter. But he must sell to comply with PSR rules, which could result in Garnacho linking up with Napoli at the tail-end of the transfer window.