Nicolo Zaniolo’s time at Aston Villa hasn’t been a complete disaster. He’s been getting games, although not a lot of minutes, and recently spoke about how great he thinks Unai Emery is as a manager.
The Turkish and Italian media believe Aston Villa have already completely ruled out buying the player via their clause, agreed as part of the loan from Galatasaray, but there could be a change in the final weeks of the season.
Zaniolo still has time to impress and should Aston Villa reach the Champions League, as looks likely right now, they’ll need a big and strong squad for next season.
Regardless, the Italian media are full of excitement over a return to Serie A for the 24-year-old. Napoli are the latest club to be linked and we covered a report earlier today which stated there’s a belief Zaniolo can be signed for around €20m.
Since then, an unnamed member of the player’s entourage has been speaking to Radio Kiss Kiss.
Yes, we know that sounds like a ridiculous name but they’ve been the closest radio station to Napoli for years, and for while were even the official channel.
That entourage member is quoted as saying: “Naples is a beautiful place, the truth is that it would be a very welcome solution for Nicolo.”
Transfer flirting doesn’t get much stronger than that.
