His impending free agent status is of great concern to a Napoli side that look very well in contention for the Scudetto this season, sitting just few points off league leaders Inter.
The negotiation between Lorenzo Insigne and Napoli is not progressing. The contract of the attacker expires at the end of the season. He could technically commit to a new team in just a couple of weeks. Tottenham and Antonio Conte are considering making an offer in January.
Hirving Lozano left the Leicester City game on a stretcher after a violent collision with an opponent. However, it appears that he has avoided severe injuries. The attacker lost a tooth but did not fracture his nose and did not suffer a concussion as initially feared.
Vincenzo Pisacane, the agent of Lorenzo Insigne, commented on the negotiation with the team: “There are no new developments. We received an offer that we deemed unacceptable and not congruous. However, that does not mean that we have stopped talking.”
Milan and Napoli will not be able to lean on Simon Kjaer and Kalidou Koulibaly for the foreseeable future. The Danish center-back will undergo surgery Friday to repair some ligament damage in the left knee. Instead, the Senegalese international suffered a thigh strain.
Former Inter President Massimo Moratti believes the Nerazzurri should make an attempt to sign Lorenzo Insigne if he decides to leave Napoli next summer. The coveted winger could become a free agent at the end of the season as he has yet to commit his future to the Partenopei.
After getting a few crucial extensions done, Inter will probably have a quiet January window. Only the departures of Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal could shake things up. On the other hand, the Nerazzurri are pursuing several potential free agents.
Toronto are highly interested in adding Lorenzo Insigne next summer when he will be out of contract. The talks between the attacker and Napoli keep stalling, while the Canadian outfit are willing to satisfy any contractual request, but they have to sell the player on the move.
He wants to commit his future to club he has known so well, having spent all his professional career in Naples, but only if the club will aim higher than it has in recent seasons.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis poured gasoline onto the talks with Lorenzo Insigne over the weekend. The club is unlikely is modify its stance on the extension, while the attacker is willing to wait until the spring to make a decision about his future.
Napoli bigwig Aurelio De Laurentiis has delivered his verdict on Lorenzo Insigne's future at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona amid exit links. The Partenopei captain has less than a year left to run on his current deal in Naples and has yet to commit to a new contract.