Torino want €45m for Napoli target Cacciamani as agent denies contact
De Laurentiis went to Urbano Cairo in person about the 19-year-old winger. The asking price is almost four times what Roma offered in the summer.
Cacciamani's agent has played down Napoli's interest in the 19-year-old Torino winger. "The player Cacciamani is liked, but there is nothing, we are in November. There have been no contacts," said Luca Ariatti of the Football Stars Agency.
Yet De Laurentiis had approached Urbano Cairo personally, and not with an eye on the future. He wanted to try to close a deal quickly. The transfer window reopens on Saturday 2 January.
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The real obstacle is the price. Cairo wants €45m, almost four times the roughly €12m Roma offered in the summer, which Torino turned down. Since then Cacciamani has become a regular starter, with one goal and one assist, and he also plays for the Under-21s. Manchester City's Ait-Nouri is among the other names Napoli like.
We have one question. Napoli are tenth on 15 points, the striker Allegri asked for in the summer never arrived, and the club already needs to plan for life after Anguissa in midfield. Is this really the moment to put €45m on a teenager with one goal and one assist? Cairo's Torino visit the Maradona on Saturday 21 November.
Source: AreaNapoli
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