The Christmas holidays are now behind, Napoli is preparing to recover points in the league and the challenge against Barcelona in the Champions League. De Laurentiis and Giuntoli are busy on the transfer market to give Gattuso players functional to his 4-3-3- like Stanislav Lobotka. The Slovakian will be the first purchase of 2020, as today's edition of the Gazzetta dello Sport reports:

“Celta Vigo's response to Lobotka's move to Napoli should be imminent.

Cristiano Giuntoli waits for her in the next few hours to organize the Spanish trip for the purchase of Stanislav Lobotka. The parties had a first meeting in Madrid, on Monday, during which the Napoli emissary, Maurizio Micheli, presented the offer of Aurelio De Laurentiis.

Something articulated through the formula of the loan with redemption obligation ".

Naples-Lobotka affair

Figures in hand, the president will pay 3 million upon signing and the remaining 17 in June, for a total of 20 million. Five less than what was asked by the Spanish club and that Napoli could correspond through some bonuses related to the team's results and the player's performance.

In short, there should be no obstacles for the Lobotka-Napoli affair and the yes of the highest Galician executive should be taken for granted. The Neapolitan diesse does not want to waste any more time. He needs to satisfy Gattuso's request and would like to do it in a hurry so that the coach can have the Slovakian midfielder at his disposal as early as next week.

If this were the case, Lobotka could make his debut in the blue shirt starting from the last match of the first leg, scheduled for the Olimpico (11 January ed), against the surprising Lazio. The sports newspaper of Cairo concluded.