Marco Brescianini’s move to Napoli is one of a growing number of transfers around European football to have collapsed over the past few days.
This time it was apparently related to the terms of the move form Frosinone but there’s a reasonable chance that other reasons will come out in the future.
Napoli remain on the hunt for multiple midfielders, and that’s seen them linked with an unlikely move for Manchester United’s Scott McTominay.
The unlikely aspect of it all comes from Manchester United almost certainly asking for far more than Antonio Conte’s side would be willing to pay.
That is not to say the desire for the Scottish midfielder doesn’t exist, at least around the Italian club.
That comment about delusion may well be spot on, with claims in Italy this morning saying Napoli would like to take the Manchester United player on loan, which would require him extending his contract at Old Trafford.