Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis confirms defender Youssouf Sabaly’s transfer from Bordeaux is off following a medical.
The Senegal international appeared all set for a switch to San Paolo after the Partenopei agreed a deal to sign him from the French club.
However, doubts surrounding the transfer began to creep in after the 25-year-old flew into Italy for his medical yesterday.
Instead of undergoing the routine procedure at Villa Stuart, the place normally used by Napoli for such operations, Sabaly was taken to a specialist centre.
Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis confirms defender Youssouf Sabaly’s transfer from Bordeaux is off following a medical.
The Senegal international appeared all set for a switch to San Paolo after the Partenopei agreed a deal to sign him from the French club.
However, doubts surrounding the transfer began to creep in after the 25-year-old flew into Italy for his medical yesterday.
Instead of undergoing the routine procedure at Villa Stuart, the place normally used by Napoli for such operations, Sabaly was taken to a specialist centre.
Napoli’s club doctors then studied the results of the medical last night and this morning before passing on their verdict to De Laurentiis.
And the Azzurri patron has now confirmed to Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli that the deal is off.
“Sabaly? It’s not true that we are signing him. He won’t come to Napoli,” the film producer told a true or false question and answer session.
Whether Napoli now go back in for their alternative target, PSV Eindhoven’s Santiago Arias, remains to be seen.
The 26-year-old Colombian is rumoured to favour a move to Spanish club Atletico Madrid.