Udinese working to sign Napoli defender Ostigard

Udinese are making ready to promote Nehuen Perez to Napoli and wish to signal Leo Ostigard as a substitute.

The Friulian outfit are on the verge of promoting the 23-year-old Argentine centre again to Napoli in a deal price round €16m plus €2m, letting a key a part of Gabriele Cioffi’s defence go away in the course of the season.

Udinese have seemed poor this time period, profitable simply two of their first 21 matches, and wish to begin placing factors on the board quick in the event that they need to keep away from a attainable relegation battle within the latter levels of the marketing campaign.

As reported by Gianluca Di Marzio, Udinese contacted Napoli on Friday to debate a deal for Ostigard, wanting to select up the Norwegian so as to add some cowl to Cioffi’s defence following Perez’s departure.

Genoa are additionally concerned about signing the 24-year-old, however Giorgio Cittadini’s arrival from Atalanta has sophisticated issues.

Ostigard has featured pretty usually for Napoli this season, seeing 1102 minutes of motion throughout 19 video games. He scored within the 3-2 loss to Actual Madrid within the Champions League and the 4-0 win over Lecce again in September.

#Calciomercato | #SerieA, l’#Udinese spera ancora di poter arrivare a #Ostigard del #Napoli https://t.co/p4TZl3WMAG

— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) January 26, 2024