The Napoli Courier
Squad21 Aug 2028
Alessandro Buongiorno in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Napoli this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Aug 2028
As if he never left: Alberto Pellegrino returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Alberto Pellegrino is a Napoli player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Market21 Aug 2028
Fabrizio De Carli comes home
The shirt still fits. Fabrizio De Carli is back at Napoli, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market21 Aug 2028
Luca Neri comes home
The shirt still fits. Luca Neri is back at Napoli, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market21 Aug 2028
Achille Benedetti is a Napoli player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Napoli are making the ground bigger
Work is signed off on a capacity of 71676. It is the sort of decision a club is judged on twenty years later, by people who were not there when it was taken.
In brief
- Loan watch Milton Pereyra has seen enough of Eibar
- Squad Cyril Ngonge asks for a word with the manager
- Squad Matteo Politano loses a friend at Napoli
- Squad The manager comes out for Alessandro Buongiorno