Anguissa set to leave Napoli as contract talks stay frozen

Frank Anguissa looks set to leave Napoli. Not through a sale, but because his contract is simply running down: there is no renewal negotiation under way between the Cameroon midfielder's agents and the club's leadership.

The tension is not new — it had already surfaced towards the end of last season. The mood eased during pre-season with Allegri, but that calm never turned into momentum on a new deal. For now, Anguissa appears headed towards leaving Napoli on a free transfer when his contract simply runs out.

Napoli signed him from Fulham in the summer of 2021, on a paid loan worth €1.3m with a buy option set at €16m. Six seasons on, the balance sheet reads well: two Scudetti (2022-23 and 2024-25) and the Supercoppa Italiana won in December. He has become a fixture of the Napoli midfield under Luciano Spalletti, Antonio Conte and now Allegri.

The news lands at a delicate moment for the midfield balance. Anguissa was missing through a muscle strain when, against Bologna, Allegri fielded the Gilmour-Lobotka pairing that Conte had never used — an emergency solution that impressed, but one conceived as an alternative to Anguissa rather than a permanent replacement. Alongside his case sits another stalled file: Lobotka's renewal, with his contract running to 2027, is also going nowhere.

Two midfielders, two contracts in limbo, no resolution in sight: with the international break approaching, the sense is that Napoli's midfield could enter January discussing departures rather than the pitch.