Napoli officially managed to replace the departed Dries Mertens, the Belgian who lasted nine years and left such a deep mark in the club, as they announced Giovanni Simeone from Verona today. Luciano Spalletti’s team first defeated Hellas Verona over the weekend (5-2) and then bought their forward, who joined the already heavy attack, led by Nigerian Victor Osimen. 🤝 Welcome, Cholito! 🤩💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/sqwIXHj3NC— Official SSC Napoli (@en_sscnapoli) August 18, 2022 The Argentinian arrived on a season-long loan worth 3.5 million euros, after which the Neapolitans will be obliged to buy out his contract for 12 million euros, on the condition that they qualify for the Champions League first. There are also different reports about the conditions, and one of them is that if Simeone scores at least 20 goals, Napoli will have to buy out his contract no matter where they end up in Serie A. This is not such an unrealistic option, since the Argentinian scored 14 goals last season in not so good Verona team. Have you ever bought something just because it was on sale? PSG are about toPreviously, Giovanni Simeone played in Italy for Genoa, Fiorentina and Cagliari and in 215 games in the top tier of Italian football, he scored 67 goals and provided 20 assists. Napoli will not stop at signing the striker. Confirmation of the arrival of Tottenham midfielder Tanguy Ndombele and young Sassuolo striker Giacomo Raspadori is expected soon. Both deals are set to be loans with the obligation to buy, just like Simeone. That means that next year, just for these three players, Napoli will have to fork out 67 million euros. Spurs midfielder is already in Italy, for his medicals and his deal will be a loan with an 30 million obligation, while Sassuolo striker will be a bit shorter: 5 million loans with 25 million obligations. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6573768##
