The Napoli Courier
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Napoli bid $47.7M for Gerardo Corona
The offer went to Veracruz this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Newcastle United tell Napoli: Lewis Miley is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Dani Ceballos arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Dani Ceballos has, at Napoli, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
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
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
Nikita Contini attracts admirers
The name of Nikita Contini has come up in conversations Napoli were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Napoli
- The dugout Scott McTominay asks for a word with the manager
- The terraces The glare is on Dani Ceballos