Black smoke, yet another one, for Romelu Lukaku to Napoli. Despite the presence in London of the Azzurri’s sporting director Giovanni Manna, not even the meeting with Chelsea which took place on Thursday afternoon was enough to reach an agreement. The parties will meet again in the next few days but, at the moment, the negotiations for the transfer of the Belgian striker to the team led by Antonio Conte have not been concluded because there is no agreement on the transfer formula. Napoli has proposed a loan with an obligation to buy, the Blues instead they are asking for a permanent transfer.
Meanwhile, Manna prepares the assault on Billy Gilmour
Not only Lukaku, De Laurentiis’ market man in the next few hours in England will also try to personally close the purchase of Billy GilmourScottish midfielder born in 2001 for Brighton. “I know Gilmour very well. He went through all the steps at Rangers, unfortunately they were in difficulty. Chelsea offered a large sum for the boy, Rangers had to get rid of him, with him they could have created a midfield for the future. At Brighton he was lucky enough to meet De Zerbi who gave him confidence and knowledge, I see him very well in Naples. He is a pure midfielder, a playmaker, he plays in front of the defense, he comes out when you want to start from the back, he always makes himself seen, very good technically. He doesn’t have great dynamism and goals but he is a boy who in my opinion is very suitable: he is a Jorginho who can do very well with Conte”, was the blessing of the former Rangers striker Marco Negri.