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Napoli-Roma will not sell out, with about 45,000 expected at the Maradona
Advance sales started fast, then slowed. Around 9,000 of the stadium's roughly 54,000 seats are set to stay empty for the 18:00 CET (17:00 UK, 12:00 ET) kick-off on Saturday 24 October.
Vergara returns to full training ahead of Roma game
The midfielder trained fully with the squad for the first time since his injury. His call-up for Napoli's match against Roma on Saturday 24 October is considered likely.
Galliani backed by clubs as FIGC presidency challenger to Malagò
Marotta and Percassi are pushing for an alternative to Malagò, with candidacies due by 4 November and the vote in December. Napoli are watching and have taken no side.
McTominay in talks over new Napoli contract, wage still not agreed
The Scot's deal runs to 30 June 2028 and the club want to extend it. Talks stalled briefly but have restarted with moderate optimism, though an agreement will take more time.
Napoli host Roma with three selection calls unresolved
Antonio Conte is not the man in the dugout: Allegri names his side for the 18:00 CET kick-off at the Maradona, and the club has tied his future to this game. Goalkeeper, centre-back and midfield are all still open.
Napoli host Roma without Pellegrini and Dybala as Allegri faces second test
The Italian papers on Saturday 24 October focus on Roma's absences, Napoli's selection doubts and the club's ownership, and say little about the coach's position. The club has named this game as its second check on Massimiliano Allegri.
Napoli look at Union Saint-Gilloise's Zorgane as Anguissa successor
The midfielder born in 2000 is one of several options the board are weighing up. For now it is only a lead, and nothing moves until Anguissa's future is settled.
Giovane says his first Napoli goal will come soon, but Napoli need results now
The Brazilian has started the last three games without scoring. Before Roma visit the Maradona on Sunday 25 October, he says he will play wherever Allegri puts him.
De Laurentiis says Rizzetta's €2bn Napoli bid started on the wrong foot
The Napoli president describes a year of talks with the Italian-American businessman's group: the funds, the staged-payment offer and the invitation to the basketball arena. The bigger split may be over the stadium, where the two men want opposite things.
Police charge 7 over violent messages ahead of Naples cost-of-living march
Two of those charged are known ultras of Napoli's Curva B, the hardcore end behind the goal. Searches turned up a knife with a 23cm blade, aluminium bats and shears.
Roma name two youth players for Napoli trip as Svilar misses out
Gasperini has to cover for four absentees, Pellegrini and Dybala among them, but gets Cristante back for the game at the Maradona.
Foto: Gaetano Capaldo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0Porto away tickets cost €30 and go on general sale on 26 October
Napoli travel to the Estádio do Dragão on Wednesday 4 November for the fourth round of the Champions League league phase. Porto have no points in Europe, but they are winning almost every week in their own league.
Curva B asks every Napoli fan to wear the shirt against Roma
An ultras' flyer calls for a sea of blue at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October. It is the game the club has tied to its second review of Allegri.
Maradona gates open at 15:30 for Napoli v Roma, with early entry for season-ticket holders
Napoli are asking supporters to arrive early for security checks. Fans need ID and a valid ticket, and screenshots will not be accepted.
How Garbutt took a three-year-old Napoli to two third-place finishes
Between 1932 and 1934 a club barely born finished third twice and qualified for the Coppa Mitropa. More than 90 years on, Allegri has been asked for fourth and the side is ninth.
Rrahmani has a fever and is a doubt for Napoli vs Roma
The numbers from recent months show what Napoli lose without their number 13. With him the defence concedes less than half as many goals.
Rizzetta returns with €1.3bn bid and a multi-sport plan for Naples
The US-led group has reopened talks and now pitches basketball, volleyball and a rebuilt Mario Argento arena. Price is no longer the only gap: De Laurentiis wants to keep making decisions.
Anguissa set to stay in January as contract talks stall
The midfielder's deal runs to 2027. He wants about €6m a season and the club is offering €3.6m, so a summer exit now looks likely.
Napoli owners' lawyer says Rizzetta talks were around €2.25bn
Franco Gianni, who represented the club's owners, describes several weeks of negotiations with Matt Rizzetta's group at close to Aurelio De Laurentiis's asking price. He says the deal collapsed over when and how the money would be paid.
Napoli release glow-in-the-dark Halloween shirt dedicated to the Munaciello
Napoli and EA7 are selling 2,026 numbered outfield shirts and 126 goalkeeper shirts. They go on sale the day before the game against Roma.
De Laurentiis and Rizzetta push Napoli-Roma off the front pages
Allegri faces his second test against Roma on Saturday 24 October, but Friday's papers were about ownership. They do not agree on what happened when the president met Matt Rizzetta, and the gap between a negotiation and a courtesy call is a big one.
Napoli teaser video hints at the Halloween shirt promised in July
Nothing is confirmed yet. The preview comes a few days before 31 October and on the eve of a home match against Roma that matters far more.
Rizzetta's group values Napoli at €1.3bn as De Laurentiis holds out for €2bn
The American businessman and the Napoli president met for less than an hour at the hotel de Bonart. No formal offer was made, but the €700m gap between the two figures is not the real problem. The real problem is the stadium.
Win over Bodø/Glimt lifts Napoli five places to 25th in UEFA ranking
The 4-3 win at the Maradona on Tuesday was also the club's 100th in Europe. Napoli were 30th in May but are still behind Inter, Roma, Fiorentina and Atalanta among Italian sides.
Neres targets Lazio return as Napoli's right flank stays bare for a month
Favasuli and Alisson Santos will not be back until after the November international break, and Buongiorno is expected in January. The bigger worry is how often the same players keep breaking down.
Allegri faces the press before Roma with his position under review
The Napoli coach speaks at 12:30 CET on Friday 23 October. The club has made Saturday's game against third-placed Roma the second test of his position.
Napoli-Roma still on as authorities watch Saturday's protest in Naples
A protest against the cost of living and fuel prices has reached the city centre: petrol stations are shut, supermarket shelves are empty and public transport is running at half capacity. The match is not in doubt yet, but restrictions have not been ruled out.
Pellegrini suffers high-grade thigh tear before Roma's trip to Napoli
The midfielder will be reassessed in two to three weeks. Gasperini will also be without Svilar, Dybala and Koné at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October, kick-off 18:00 CET (17:00 UK, 12:00 ET).
Napoli work on possession before Saturday's visit of Roma
Bodø/Glimt had 57% of the ball at the Maradona on Tuesday. Two days before Roma arrive, Allegri's squad spent their Thursday morning session on keeping it.
Troise says Lucca is struggling and must score to save his season
Match analyst Francesco Troise sums up the striker's 116 minutes in a single missed ball, then sets out how Napoli can beat Roma at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October: go direct to Højlund, win the duels and build around Anguissa and McTominay.
Napoli weigh Lobotka, De Bruyne and McTominay together against Roma
The idea would push De Bruyne behind the striker for Saturday's game at the Maradona. It is being discussed, not decided, two days after Allegri called his side fragile in their own half.
De Laurentiis says Napoli are not for sale after rejecting a €3.5bn bid
The president describes his contacts with New York businessman Matt Rizzetta and says he would sell only to someone from Naples. He spoke two days before Napoli face Roma, with the team ninth in the table.
Napoli and Coca-Cola announce eight limited-edition centenary cans
The club has confirmed a partnership with the drinks giant to mark its 100 years, but how supporters can get hold of the set has not been revealed.
Napoli v Roma streams free on DAZN on Saturday for about 2m viewers
It is the first Serie A match of the season to be shown free online. Viewers only need to register, but places are capped.
Torino and Monza open the round as Napoli wait for Roma
Torino are level with Napoli on 10 points and play on Friday night. Cagliari, Como and Frosinone are trying to stay ahead of us while Roma come to the Maradona.
Roma concede three in seven games, but three to Real in seven minutes
Gasperini's side come to the Maradona third in Serie A and two points off the top, after beating Slovan Bratislava 4-0. A week before that, they threw away a 3-1 lead against Real Madrid in the closing minutes.
Papers split over Napoli sale talk two days before Roma
La Repubblica puts a €2bn price on the club after a coffee between Aurelio De Laurentiis and Rizzetta. Sky Sport calls the meeting a courtesy, and it comes ahead of the game the club has called a second test for Massimiliano Allegri.
Napoli close to three more years of pre-season at Dimaro until 2029
Only a few weeks ago the relationship looked over. Now an agreement with the Province of Trento is close, and an announcement is expected soon.
Napoli track Monza striker Varela but Benfica can match any bid
Napoli want the 2005-born Portuguese forward for January or June. His old club have no buy-back clause, but they do keep the right to match any offer.
Ten Hag calls McTominay sale to Napoli 'disappointing and embarrassing'
The former Manchester United coach says the Scotland midfielder was sold against what he and the club had agreed. Two years on, McTominay is the player Napoli lean on, with Roma at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October.
Napoli open to letting Lucca leave on loan in January
A permanent sale in the winter looks unlikely. For a striker who cost €35m, a six-month loan says as much about the people who signed him as about the player.
Giovane's path from left-out to starter exposes Napoli's thin attack
He was left off the Champions League squad and got back on only because Favasuli was injured. He has since started at Villarreal, at Venezia and against Bodø/Glimt, and his story says something about the club's choices.
Kvaratskhelia ruptures ACL and will miss the rest of the season
The former Napoli winger got hurt in PSG's 4-2 Champions League win over Barcelona and faces around 9 months out. His old club sent him a message of support.
Højlund has not scored since 5 September as Napoli's misses pile up before Roma
Napoli took 29 shots at Venezia without scoring and needed an 88th-minute own goal to beat Bodø/Glimt. The problem runs through the centre-forward, and Rrahmani comes into the Roma game looking tired.
Tullio Conte, Napoli director who witnessed the Savoldi deal, dies at 91
He was with the club from the early 1960s and served through the Corrado Ferlaino era. In 1975 he ran the youth side that won the Viareggio tournament, and that summer he overheard the deal that brought Savoldi from Bologna.
Fans vote De Bruyne Napoli's Player of the Month for September
The award comes in an October that has shown a different De Bruyne: two penalties scored against Frosinone, a penalty saved at Venezia and a place on the bench in the Champions League. Before Roma visit on Saturday, his place in the starting XI matters more than the award.
Dortmund skip the showers in Baku, and Napoli go there in January
After their 2-1 Champions League win over Sabah, the German side left the stadium still in their kit, and Kovac said they had been advised not to use the showers there. Napoli play in Baku on 20 January.
Pellegrini ruled out of Napoli game as Gasperini warns Roma are short
Roma's coach expects to be without Pellegrini for about 20 days and could arrive at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October with a thin squad. For Napoli, that solves nothing.
Andrea Colombo to referee Napoli against Roma, Aureliano on VAR
The officials are confirmed for Saturday 24 October at the Maradona. The real story is the bench: the club has named this game as the second test for Allegri, against a Roma side seven points ahead.
Foto: Gaetano Capaldo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0McTominay scores twice against Bodø/Glimt and stands up for De Bruyne
The Scot played down Napoli's struggles as "a nice game to watch". With Roma at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October, the whole team now has to back that up.
Vergara back in training for half a session but still a doubt for Roma
The midfielder is closer to making the squad for Saturday's game at the Maradona. After a month of injury setbacks, though, half a session does not mean he is fit.
Napoli edge Bodø/Glimt 4-3 but still cannot hold on to a lead
Politano scored in the first minute and McTominay got two, yet three goals conceded at home leave questions. Porto comes next in the Champions League, with Roma at the Maradona on Saturday 24 October.
Papers turn to Roma as Napoli's 4-3 win over Bodø/Glimt settles little
Corriere dello Sport leads on Allegri's line-up for Saturday and a new deal for the Dimaro training camp. On Sky Sport, McTominay talks about his form and Manna backs the coach while admitting the squad needs to get younger.
Napoli climb to 22nd in the Champions League after 4-3 win over Bodø/Glimt
Their first European points put Napoli in the play-off places after three rounds, but the maths is clear: they need at least three wins from their last five games.
Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3 but still cannot protect a lead
Four goals at the Maradona were enough to win, but three conceded to a side with 15 shots show the defence is the real problem. Allegri's substitutions in the last quarter of an hour did not help.
Allegri admits Napoli are fragile after 4-3 win over Bodø/Glimt
The head coach wants Napoli to look hard at what went wrong after conceding three at the Maradona, while Politano insists the legs are still there. Both men's words hold up against the scoresheet.
Gasperini sends Allegri a warning as Roma head to the Maradona in form
After a 4-0 Champions League win, the Roma coach had a message for Napoli's coach ahead of Saturday's 18:00 kick-off. Roma are seven points ahead of Napoli, and a nervy 4-3 against Bodø/Glimt does not close that gap.
Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3 but the defence lets in three at the Maradona
Fet had a hand in all three Norwegian goals. Napoli kept going ahead and kept letting Bodø/Glimt back in, and that problem did not start in the Champions League.
Napoli beat Bodø/Glimt 4-3 but are never safe at the Maradona
McTominay scores twice and hits the bar, and a Bjørtuft own goal on 88 minutes settles it. But Napoli concede three to a side that had more of the ball than they did.
De Bruyne on the bench as Lucca and Giovane start against Bodø/Glimt
Allegri starts Gilmour and Badiashile in Napoli's Champions League game on Tuesday 20 October. Højlund and Politano are among the substitutes, and Buongiorno and Neres are not in the squad.