Napoli; focus on Sassuolo but also on the market

The match against Sassuolo to close 2019 with a smile for Napoli, who are looking to get out of the deep crisis at the end of the year. With this fixed idea in his head, Rino Gattuso works in the rain of Castel Volturno, refining his 4-3-3, which the Azzurri return to after the 18 months of Carlo Ancelotti's short cycle. Module and choices for the Azzurri coach who is looking for the players with the greatest motivation to reverse the trend but must also deal with the infirmary where Dries Mertens and Kalidou Koulibaly were marked today. The choices in attack therefore go towards a Callejon-Milik-Insigne trident, while in front of Meret the central defenders will be Manolas and Luperto. The situation must clear up, the president, Aurelio De Laurentiis, clearly asked during the Christmas dinner, relying on Gattuso and preparing the definitive farewell to Ancelotti who in these hours is terminating his contract with Napoli to sign a substantial agreement with Everton in the Premier League. But Gattuso has also made clear requests to the Azzurri patron, in particular on the midfield. The objective of the January market is a director that De Laurentiis is preparing to take by adding to the nest egg available the three and a half million saved from Ancelotti's salary. In the front row there is Lucas Torreira, Arsenal midfielder who is not finding space and is ready to leave London. The 23-year-old Uruguayan midfielder guarantees quality and substance and knows Italian football perfectly, but he costs a lot: the Gunners are asking for the same 30 million paid a year ago to Sampdoria to bring him to London. The negotiations continue on a loan with obligation to buy but Napoli is also looking elsewhere, starting with an old hobby of ds Giuntoli, the 25-year-old Slovakian Stanislav Lobotka of Celta Vigo, but also Sander Berge, a 21-year-old Norwegian, among the few to survive the Genk disaster in the Champions League. For June, however, Napoli is looking at Verona and Sofyan Amrabat, who has already played with two clubs this year and cannot move until the end of the season.