“Lorenzo Insigne would’ve been the perfect replacement for Neymar at Barcelona,” insists Arrigo Sacchi. “He’s the greatest Italian talent in 10 years.”
The Napoli star is expected to start for Italy against Spain in tonight’s World Cup qualifier.
“I don’t think Barcelona are up to the same standard as Real Madrid,” former Milan and Italy boss Sacchi told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Lorenzo Insigne would’ve been the perfect replacement for Neymar at Barcelona,” insists Arrigo Sacchi. “He’s the greatest Italian talent in 10 years.”
The Napoli star is expected to start for Italy against Spain in tonight’s World Cup qualifier.
“I don’t think Barcelona are up to the same standard as Real Madrid,” former Milan and Italy boss Sacchi told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Having lost Neymar, Insigne would’ve been the perfect replacement. He is the greatest Italian talent in 10 years and has some genial intuition.
“He just needs to avoid being ‘sneaky’ when he isn’t in the mood to run. When Dries Mertens and Marek Hamsik block the midfielders who can only go via the right-back, he looks back and tries to make preventative blocks instead of trying to snatch the ball.
“It’s a shame, because tactically he really is wonderful.”
La Gazzetta dello Sport also suggests today that Barcelona made an offer worth €100m to get Insigne, but Napoli turned it down.
They failed to make any deadline day signings and have not adequately replaced Neymar following his €220m move to Paris Saint-Germain.