Insigne and the Naples, now worn-out relationship: now really risks the sale | First page

It is not an easy time for the Naples of football. From the seventh place in the standings and the four consecutive races without victory (five with the internal draw against Salzburg in the Champions League) to the revolt of the locker room and the clash with the blue property. Ancelotti on the grill, but the crisis that the Neapolitans are experiencing has a clearly defined face: that of Lorenzo Insigne, captain and symbol of Naples, never like now in rout with the blue environment. Report now worn out in its entirety, from the company to the fans, and which could soon lead to a sensational separation, this time definitive.'UNPLEASED IN NAPLES' – The problems between Insigne and Naples are not new but start from afar and have a common denominator: the complicated relationship between the attacker and President Aurelio De Laurentiis. The sparks during the others between the two were numerous and often with bright tones, the last one of last October in which DeLa did not use half-words: "He must understand what he wants to do when he has always had a attitude of discomfort in Naples". A non-random word chosen by the number one blue and which is linked to several episodes of recent years, field and extra field. Being the face, the symbol of Neapolitanism has often exposed to pressures that Insigne has struggled to manage, leading to episodes of intolerance: towards coaches, as happened before with Sarri and then with Ancelotti for undesired changes and exclusions (situations which are then recomposed in a short time); against the fans who did not spare him heavy criticism and whistling in moments of fogging and who, in part, would not have seen his farewell with a bad eye; towards the company, which would not have adequately protected it precisely against criticism and pressure. The why of the difficult relationship with the fans, then, deserve a particular deepening. In the wake of the discomfort cited by De Laurentiis, the fans have often accused Insigne of putting personal interests before the attachment to Naples: both for contractual matters, with the quarrel of the renewal and the specter of the interest of the big Europeans for the Raiola's (Liverpool is PSG to name a few), and for the petty answers to the criticisms received. NFinally, the fact that Lorenzo was with Allan and others was one of the leaders of the locker room revolt did not go down after the internal equal with the Salzburg, the last episode of rupture.

GOODBYE GOOD – And then we wonder about what the future of Insigne might be, because the farewell to the society in which he grew up and approached the world of football is an option more plausible than ever, with President De Laurentiis intent on revolutionizing the locker room after the last events. Plausible, but certainly not because environmental and behavioral factors are replaced by the normal logic of the market that wants a blue piece that is valuable but difficult to place. If DeLa evaluates the possibility of depriving itself of its captain at the end of the season, also considering the 29 years to be completed next June and the contract expiring in 2022, he has no intention for this to lower his economic claims for his card: far the over 100 million euros claimed in recent years, difficult to assume that the requests can still fall below 65-70 million. An important figure, to which then should be added at least 5 million net per engagement season to be paid to Insigne. The situation has certainly changed, if only two years ago De Laurentiis threatened Raiola ("If he wants to sell Lorenzo he must pass on my corpse") now he would be willing to deprive himself of the attacker on favorable terms, what is to be understood is whether the big Europeans are still willing to make such a big economic effort for Insigne, now more than ever "expendable" for Naples.

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