Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis admitted publicly he wouldn’t turn down big offers for his players anymore. That will have been music to the ears of those in charge at Manchester City, who have already seen bids turned down for the defender. Despite those words from the Napoli owner, the Serie A side will not let him go for peanuts either. This is what Il Mattino are reporting on Friday, first revealing the centre-back has been offered a four-year contract from the Premier League club worth €7.5m/year. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, they feel tomorrow could be key with teh aforementioned representatives set to meet De Laurentiis in Capri. ‘There are a few million indifference at stake’, but Napoli know that with €65m or so in the bank, ‘it will be possible to act on the market and complete the squad’ in the way Gattuso wants it to be. Gazzetta explains that De Laurentiis’ words on Thursday ‘leads us to think that the president will accept the offer from City in the end, perhaps hoping to raise the figures and payment conditions a little first’.
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