Napoli monitors with enormous attention Reda Belahyane20 years old, midfielder for Verona and the Moroccan national team, born in France. Lazio likes him, the Italian club likes him: in perspective, with a view to next season and the future. He is not the only Hellas player that sporting director Manna is following: the right winger is also being monitored Jackson Tchatchoua23 years old, Cameroonian born in Belgium who, like his colleague, has dual citizenship, and above all Diego Coppolacentral defender of the Under 21s, 193 centimetres, 2 goals in Serie A, the first of which, coincidentally, was scored last year at Maradona against Napoli.
According to what was reported in today’s edition of Corriere dello Sport in January, however, the priority is to strengthen the central defenders. There are two stakes, however: a place must be freed up on the list; the loan is the preferred formula. It’s not easy, in short: Rafa Marinzero minutes in the league and so far one appearance in the Italian Cup, is still an under, and this means that the player deemed transferable who would free up the space is Juan Jesus. Among other things expiring in June 2025.
Coppola, we were saying, is one of the names that piques attention and is part of a Verona trio completed by Belahyane-Tchatchoua, followed by the same agent (D’Avila). The right-back could also be an immediate January target, but the prized piece is the midfielder of the Moroccan national team: Lazio and the Milanese teams are also very vigilant about Belahyane; it costs between 15 and 20 million. Merih Demiral, a former Atalanta and Juve Turkish centre-back who plays for Al-Ahli in Arabia, is also from the same agency: he is not expected to move in January, but Manna had followed him and the dossiers on the table are not all for January.