{"id":79,"date":"2024-12-23T21:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2024-12-23T21:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T13:52:21","slug":"napoli-need-to-sell-before-signing-priority-juventus-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/23\/napoli-need-to-sell-before-signing-priority-juventus-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoli need to sell before signing priority Juventus target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-16-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-16-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-16-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-16-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image-16.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napoli have identified Juventus defender Danilo as their favourite option to strengthen Antonio Conte\u2019s defence, but they first need to make room for him by offloading some players willing to get more playing time elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Signing a centre-back became an absolute priority for the Partenopei after Alessandro Buongiorno picked up an injury that will keep him sidelined until mid-January, forcing the Italian coach to replace him with either Juan Jesus or Rafa Marin, who are not seen as reliable enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they have to free some space on their Serie A squad list in order to add new players, and midfielder Michael Folorunsho, left-back Leonardo Spinazzola and Giacomo Raspadori are among the major candidates to leave the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, there are several aspects which make Danilo an ideal profile for Napoli \u2013 Conte rates the defender highly for his experience and versatility, which allows him to play on both sides, as well as a centre-back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the Brazilian\u2019s contract expiring next summer, Juventus may be willing to include him and Nicol\u00f2 Fagioli in a swap deal that would see Raspadori head in the opposite direction, as Thiago Motta sees him as a perfect alternative to Dusan Vlahovic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sale of Folorunsho and Spinazzola, with Fiorentina potentially interested in the duo, could be the first move prompting Napoli to accelerate talks with the Bianconeri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centre-back Rafa Marin could also switch the Partenopei with Como, where he hopes to get more minutes on the field under Cesc Fabregas after never starting a Serie A match at the Stadio Diego Maradona since his arrival last summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napoli have identified Juventus defender Danilo as their favourite option to strengthen Antonio Conte\u2019s defence, but they first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}