The Napoli Courier
Market24 Aug 2026
Pasquale Mazzocchi puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Napoli, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
Napoli sign Jesús Rodríguez, one for the future
Jesús Rodríguez is 20, and Napoli have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A move Jesús Rodríguez 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. Jesús Rodríguez is living that version at Napoli, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Napoli
Giovanni Di Lorenzo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Napoli
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad24 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Scott McTominay
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Scott McTominay, and the manager let it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Amir Rrahmani falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market24 Aug 2026
Valentino Vignali steps up from the Napoli academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valentino Vignali has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market24 Aug 2026
Gregorio Palmieri steps up from the Napoli academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Gregorio Palmieri has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Cremonese take the points off Napoli
- Player ratings David Neres runs at them all day
- Boardroom The ground is getting bigger