“He’d be perfect with Osimhen” – Super Eagles striker tipped to flourish beside Napoli target

Il Partenopei are rebuilding a group that noticed almost half of its most influential stars depart for greener pastures this summer time

Italian soccer knowledgeable Maurizio Pistocchi believes Napoli have made the suitable determination in focusing on younger Sassuolo striker Giacomo Raspadori as an attacking accomplice for Victor Osimhen.

With Serie A beginning in one other few days, Napoli are nonetheless caught in the midst of a rebuilding course of.

This summer time, the Neapolitans waved goodbye to a few of the membership’s main figures in captain Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens, and Kalidou Koulibaly. All three have been greater than 30 years previous.

In assault, Napoli have already signed younger Georgian playmaker Kvaratskhelia as a direct substitute for Insigne.

The Serie A giants stay eager on bringing in a minimum of yet one more attacker earlier than the league season kicks off this weekend.

Studies within the Italian media recommend that Sassuolo’s Giacomo Raspadori and Hellas Verona’s Giovanni Simeone are near switching to Naples.

Pistocchi on Raspadori-Osimhen partnership

Italian pundit Maurizio Pistocchi is, nonetheless, an enormous fan of 22-year-old Raspadori.

The younger Sassuolo expertise excelled final season beneath Alessio Dionisi, scoring ten objectives and offering six assists in 36 Serie A appearances.

A daily function in Roberto Mancini’s Italy set-up, Raspadori was part of the squad that gained Euro 2020 final yr.

And Pistocchi is satisfied that the addition of the Italy worldwide will increase Osimhen’s recreation to the following stage.

“Napoli is a group that in the intervening time leaves its substitutes disenchanted however has changed Insigne very effectively with Kvaratskhelia,” the 66-year-old soccer commentator instructed Radio Marte by way of Tutto Napoli.

“The acquisition of the participant behind Osimhen turns into important. I like Raspadori very a lot. In my view, he could be good with Osimhen.”

Osimhen, Serie A’s greatest younger participant of the season final time period, scored 14 objectives and added two assists in 27 appearances for Napoli.

The Nigeria worldwide will goal to enhance these numbers this time period, beginning with Napoli’s first league conflict at Verona on Monday.