The Napoli Courier
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alberto Moreno damages knee ligaments — 84 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 84 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market7 Sep 2026
David Neres 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Stanislav Lobotka 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Alberto Moreno 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
Napoli hit back inside 3 minutes
Atalanta held the lead for 3 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Napoli answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Cyril Ngonge
7.85, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Napoli had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Sam Beukema
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sam Beukema, and the manager let it.
Match5 Sep 2026
Cyril Ngonge rescues a point for Napoli
It needed Cyril Ngonge to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against Atalanta, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
Market7 Sep 2026
Padova expected to open talks for Michele Barbella
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Napoli will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
In brief
- Player ratings Eljif Elmas runs at them all day
- Market The André-Franck Zambo Anguissa question follows Napoli around
- Market Leonai Souza placed on the list