Napoli director Riccardo Bigon confirms they are “close” to announcing a new player, while a shopping list is drawn up.
“With Rafa Benitez and the President we identified certain targets on the market and one is close to being secured,” director of sport Bigon told Radio Kiss Kiss.
Napoli director Riccardo Bigon confirms they are “close” to announcing a new player, while a shopping list is drawn up.
“With Rafa Benitez and the President we identified certain targets on the market and one is close to being secured,” director of sport Bigon told Radio Kiss Kiss.
That candidate is extremely likely to be Genk defender Kalidou Koulibaly, whose agent this week confirmed the negoiations were at an “advanced” stage.
“We are starting from a squad with excellent players who did well, so it won’t be easy to improve upon it.
“The Champions League preliminary round is another obstacle, but we earned the right to be top seeds in the draw.
“The excellent level of our squad is clear, considering we are the third most-represented club at the World Cup.”
The Partenopei have 13 players in the provisional World Cup squads, the same as Juventus” data-scaytid=”11″>Juventus, Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Only Manchester United with 14 and Bayern Munich on 16 have more players being considered for the tournament.