Nothing worked last season. It is not known whether Napoli looked worse with Rudi Garcia, Walter Mazzarri or Francesco Calzona. It was as if the club was emotionally drained at all levels after winning the first Scudetto after 33 years and slipped by the wayside, but Antonio Conte arrived this summer to prevent the continuation of bad results.When Conte arrives at a club, he first organizes the defence to his liking, and the engagement in Naples is no exception. The temperamental expert received a practically complete new back line during the current week. Alessandro Buongiorno should sign within the next 48 hours as part of a transfer worth 40,000,000 euros, Leonardo Spinazzola arrived as a free agent after parting with Roma, and an interesting job was done with the signing of Rafa Marin from Real Madrid.Rafa is proud to be one of us!💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre | #ProudToBeNapoli | #WelcomeRafaMarín pic.twitter.com/htiFb7A9nD— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) July 10, 2024 Well, many will say that the 22-year-old stopper is not a proper Royal, and they probably won’t be far wrong, considering that Rafa Marin has not played a single game for the first team of Real Madrid, but he certainly went through the junior categories and the B team for years, before that he spent the previous season in Alaves on loan.The team from Mendizorrotza Stadium pleasantly surprised the previous season by winning 10th place in La Liga and the fact that they did not worry about survival as expected before the start of the competitive year, and young Marin emerged as one of the biggest contributors. He acted authoritatively as a sweeper, but occasionally at right-back, where he can also do a decent job.##NAJAVA_MECA_8208582##The payment methodology and the existence of various clauses make this transfer special. Rafa Marin’s sale could go down in history as one of the most inventive we’ve seen, and here’s why. Napoli paid Real Madrid €12,000,000 for the defender who played last season at Alaves, but the Champions League winner has retained the right to buy the player for €25,000,000 in the summer of 2026 or €35,000,000 if they do so in 2027. However, if Napoli pay another ten million euros to Real Madrid’s account by June 30, 2025, then Los Blancos will have to pay twice as much money to buy Marin, that is, 50,000,000 in two years and even 70,000,000 in three years. Very interesting… And who knows… Maybe something like this will come to life in the future and become more common.
