January is approaching, the clock is ticking, and Lorenzo Insigne and Napoli can’t seem to find a common language regarding the extension of his contract – it looks like there is no progress in the negotiations between the two sides.The problem for Napoli is much bigger than for the Italian himself, because Luciano Spalletti could be left without a captain and one of the best players in the team, while Insigne would not bother too much to find a new club, especially since he will be a free agent in half a year – in January already he can negotiate with interested teams.Sun, 22.45: (2.40) AC MILAN (3.40) NAPOLI (3.15)So, Aurelio De Laurentiis has two more weeks to offer an acceptable deal, and until then, Insigne’s agent Vincenzo Pisacane assures – the 31-year-old winger will wait.”We will not talk to any other club until January, but from January 2, things will change. At the moment, Insigne and Napoli are looking a bit far apart, especially in terms of time, but everything can change in ten minutes.”Now everything is on the club president. It was never up to us. A great champion like Insigne deserves more time, but De Laurentis did not want to talk to me and sent me to Giuntoli (Napoli’s sporting director). Certain people from the club even asked me: “Where could Insigne go at all?”, as if he had not received any offers”, Pizacane told Corriere dello Sport.Reality is different though. For months now, the European media write about the interest shown by Inter, Lazio, Milan, Juventus, Tottenham, and he even allegedly received an offer from Toronto.”I’ve never been to Toronto, but I think after many years of playing for one club it’s hard to play for another in the same country. Maybe the experience abroad wouldn’t be as painful as the one Del Piero had, but that’s just my opinion.”Juventus spend over 500,000 USD per day on players’ salariesItalian media state that De Laurentiis offered Insigne 4 million USD for the extension of the contract, which is 1.7 million less than the Italian’s current salary. Insigne himself would be satisfied with the current income without any bonuses for signing, which, according to his agent, he did not even ask for.”I read that we want a salary of 7 million euros a year and bonuses for signing. It’s all bu***hit. These figures are not realistic, it’s not fair to make a mercenary out of Lorenzo, but in De Laurentiis’ opinion, bonuses should be the biggest part of contract.”Pisacane did not want to talk about numbers.”I would avoid numbers and details, we believe the offer is not adequate. The problem is in the timing and the way of acting on it. We are on good terms with De Laurentiis, we don’t want more controversy, but it would be fair to explain everything that happened one day. Anyway, Lorenzo will be a great professional by June 30, even if we end up taking different paths,” said Insigne’s agent.##EDITORS_CHOICE##
