The Napoli Courier
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Napoli rebuffed over Gabriel Martinelli
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Arsenal have kept their man, and Napoli go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Napoli turn down AC Milan for André-Franck Zambo Anguissa
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Aug 2026
Kevin De Bruyne wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Napoli hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A move Wellington Silva would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Wellington Silva is living that version at Napoli, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kevin De Bruyne stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kevin De Bruyne and Napoli agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market3 Aug 2026
David Neres wants European nights
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kevin De Bruyne calls time on his country
“124 caps was 124 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 35 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from Napoli.
Market3 Aug 2026
Vanja Milinković-Savić attracts admirers
The name of Vanja Milinković-Savić has come up in conversations Napoli were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Napoli
Michele Barbella and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- The dugout Scott McTominay asks for a word with the manager
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Wellington Silva