Napoli are turning their full attention to Sevilla's Ciro Immobile after target Gianluca Lapadula spurned them in favour of Milan.
The Pescara poacher was the number one candidate to act as back-up for Gonzalo Higuain, but the prospect of ending up like Manolo Gabbiadini must not have seduced the 26-year-old.
Napoli are turning their full attention to Sevilla's Ciro Immobile after target Gianluca Lapadula spurned them in favour of Milan.
The Pescara poacher was the number one candidate to act as back-up for Gonzalo Higuain, but the prospect of ending up like Manolo Gabbiadini must not have seduced the 26-year-old.
According to the Gazzetta dello Sport, the Vesuviani are now going full-throttle for Immobile, who spent the last season on loan from Borussia Dortmund to Sevilla and then to Torino.
Sevilla have a compulsory option to buy and they are the go-to club for the signing of the Azzurro. They are asking for €11m, a price the Italians are unwilling to pay.
It remains to be seen whether Immobile will be happy with a prospect which already scared off Lapadula, though Napoli are known to be the team he supported as a child.