Igor Paixão’s rise at Feyenoord has seen a few clubs, including Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United, take serious notice.
Earlier this month, we covered claims from the Dutch press that Nottingham Forest and Newcastle are among the clubs to have set their sights on the winger.
Last weekend, he scored a hat-trick and registered two assists in the Eredivisie club’s 6-2 win over FC Twente and showed Nottingham Forest and Newcastle why they should sign him.
According to Il Mattino, relayed by Area Napoli, the two English clubs will face tough competition from Napoli.
Antonio Conte wants the Serie A club to make new additions early in the summer window and not wait until the end of August like last year. The manager is looking for at least six new players for next season.
Il Mattino explain the Naples club could have a budget of over €150m next summer and their sporting director, Giovanni Manna, has started approaching agents.
The Nottingham Forest and the Newcastle target is mentioned. After his hat-trick, Napoli want to speed up the negotiations for his transfer. The report adds the Italian club will have a new meeting with Feyenoord emissaries in the ‘next few hours’.
This is planned to close the operation soon, to avoid competition from others like Nottingham Forest and Newcastle.
Paixão managed 11 goals and 15 assists from 38 games for Feyenoord this season.
