Selling Fabián Ruiz to Paris Saint-Germain, Napoli are looking to replace the Spaniard, and Tottenham’s Tanguy Ndombélé is their main target at this moment in time.
The player is keen as well, with Gazzetta dello Sport claiming on Monday that he was keen to travel to the south of Italy to complete his move, but there remains a gap between parties regarding the midfielder’s wages.
Corriere dello Sport have similar information, explaining the Frenchman ‘is close’ and is a ‘concrete as well as serious option’ for Napoli.
The two sides’ negotiations were paused on Sunday as Tottenham faced Chelsea, and it’s unlikely they will pick up again on Monday, as Napoli prepare for their first game of the season against Verona.
Still, once that’s over, it’s expected talks ‘will start again, with sensations that seem more than positive’.
In essence, Napoli ‘want Ndombélé’, which is something their director of football, Cristiano Giuntoli ‘explained to Paratici’, but they ‘cannot afford to pay the sumptuous salary’ Tottenham are currently paying him.
That’s why ‘the dialogue is proceeding, the solution seems possible and the suspicion that it will close, even in the short term, is palpable’.
