Napoli chief on Zielinski and Osimhen contract talks

Napoli director Mauro Meluso discusses the membership’s ambitions for this season in Italy and Europe, in addition to Piotr Zielinski and Victor Osimhen contract talks.

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The director of sport was requested if Napoli are wanting in the direction of retaining the Scudetto or protecting their focus extra on merely securing a prime 4 end.

“For those who search for and it’s so excessive that you just danger falling down, that’s too excessive. I’d take it step-by-step, one recreation at a time, attempting to get as many factors as attainable after which we’ll see the place we’re afterward,” Meluso instructed DAZN.

“There’s a large hole to the highest, however we’ve got to attempt to take it one recreation at a time. We’re within the prime 16 groups in Europe, so that may be a nice outcome, and now need to preserve going so far as attainable.”

The previous few days have been dominated additionally by stories in regards to the contract extension talks for each Zielinski – who’s out of motion immediately on account of a knee downside – and striker Osimhen.

“We’re working behind the scenes. There are many stories as a result of clearly folks have to speak, however we work in a reserved vogue and we’ll see within the subsequent few weeks.”

The Osimhen deal is anticipated to be imminent with a launch clause set at circa €130-140m, though that gained’t be sufficient to place the likes of Arsenal or Chelsea off subsequent summer season.

As for Zielinski, his contract will run down on June 30 and there has already been curiosity in snapping him up as a free switch from Inter, Lazio and Juventus.