Napoli's €2m Qualiano training ground deal will not be signed until 2027
De Laurentiis is about to apply for the south of Italy's special economic zone benefits. The ruling should take about two months, and only then can the land contracts be signed.
Napoli are spending €2m, plus charges and ancillary costs, on 18 hectares of land at Qualiano. The land is split between two properties, out of 20 hectares available. De Laurentiis wants to build a residence for players, a youth academy area and offices for the board there.
One step remains. In the coming days the president will apply for the benefits of the ZES, the Single Special Economic Zone for southern Italy. A Conferenza di Servizi (a joint review by the public bodies involved) is then called automatically within a few days. A ruling, with its reasons, should follow in about 50-60 days.
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The contracts can only be signed once the permits are granted. The club's lawyers have been drafting them for two weeks, but signing is now a 2027 matter. Time is short, because the owners of the land at Castel Volturno, the current training ground, have other plans.
The new centre is a long-term project. In the short term, Napoli were tenth with 15 points as of Thursday 12 November, and supporters at the Maradona chanted against the president on 8 November. Both can move forward together. The second has the nearer deadline: Napoli v Torino on Saturday 21 November at 20:45 CET (19:45 UK, 14:45 ET).
Source: CalcioNapoli24
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