Napoli break silence over ‘important’ Alejandro Garnacho transfer

Napoli’s sporting director, Giovanni Manna, has described Alejandro Garnacho arsenic an ‘important player’ but insists the nine volition lone marque a determination for the Manchester United winger connected their ain terms.

Antonio Conte’s side, who are six points wide astatine the apical of Serie A aft their 3-2 triumph against Atalanta connected Saturday night, are successful the marketplace to motion a replacement for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who joined Paris Saint-Germain successful a €70 cardinal (£58.9m) woody this week.

Garnacho has been identified by Napoli arsenic their first-choice replacement for Kvaratskhelia, however, the Italian broadside are acold isolated from United successful their valuation of the Argentina international.

It’s understood that United are holding retired for a £70m interest for Garnacho, meanwhile, Napoli are looking to unafraid a woody person to €50m (£42.1m).

Chelsea person besides made an attack for Garnacho, who has scored 8 goals successful 31 appearances for United this season.

When asked straight astir Napoli’s imaginable determination for Garnacho, Manna said connected Saturday evening: ‘We are making immoderate assessments, helium is an important player, but helium is not ours.

‘We indispensable not get carried distant adjacent if we cognize that an important subordinate has left, a apical subordinate arsenic the manager defined him and truthful the expectations are high. But we volition bash thing connected Napoli’s terms.’

Speaking astir Napoli’s determination to merchantability Kvaratskhelia, Manna said: ‘The squad is reacting well, already past week the subordinate did not privation to travel to the lucifer and had excluded himself. The manager is capable to unite the radical and they already knew astir the situation.

‘You person to inquire him what helium has to archer us. I tin accidental that the subordinate has asked to beryllium sold.

‘We were moving connected the renewal which was not easy, but it was good underway. His wage requirements were intelligibly not astatine our level and did not match.

‘The prime was forced, we privation him the best, helium is the past adjacent if helium wrote large pages for Napoli.’

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