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.zero

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Aug 8, 2006
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Sarri was announced as the HC of Napoli last year when we defeated Madrid in the semis. He has done well for his first season at the club. Having to pick up the pieces is never easy and he cannot be blamed for surrendering a table lead against a fucking machine (Allegri's Juve).
 

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Tanu_Mz

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Jan 5, 2014
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Waiting for another prediction from @Tanu_Mz, the true prophet.

If we win Coppa, Sassuolo will play in EL, how they fare in Serie A is a big question mark, especially after EDF recent interview how he think highly of EL, and some of they key player probably will leave them this summer (Berardi, Vrsaljko, etc).
too early to call.
will need to know rosters and coaches first....
 

Martin

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Dec 31, 2000
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Sarri was announced as the HC of Napoli last year when we defeated Madrid in the semis. He has done well for his first season at the club. Having to pick up the pieces is never easy and he cannot be blamed for surrendering a table lead against a $#@!ing machine (Allegri's Juve).
you can be so compassionate
 

Hydde

Minimiliano Tristelli
Mar 6, 2003
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Zach, you seem to think Napoli is a bunch of mediocre players and Higuain singlehandedly took them to 2nd place. That's not the case. Sarri did a great job in creating a good team there, they will absolutely not fall apart after losing one player. A decent 15-20 goals striker is all they need.

Im not sugarcoating Roma situation, they need to sell only one player of the 2 because they aren't in as deep a $#@! as you think. Pjanic for 38M will be enough and then they will comfortably have their 40-50M mercato where they will keep their 2-3 most important loan players and get 1-2 good acquisitions for a low price. They won't have trouble maintaining their top 3 finish if Pjanic is their only significant loss. And yes, Radja was rumoured to leave but the latest he said suggests he will stay.

We seem to agree on Inter but Sassuolo, wtf. They lose their best player in Berardi and will sign some young players in return. Can't see them having the same kind of consistency as this season again. Best they can hope for is 7th place finish. Fiorentina will challenge for top 3, same as Milan and Inter, but I can see only Milan being a serious threat to Roma and Napoli IF they have a good mercato. They need a CB, 2 CMs and AM/winger depending on the formation. Maybe even one (or both) fullbacks. If they can get some good players and a coach they will be the most serious threat for a top3, but still won't be able to grab a CL spot in their 1st good season
Napoli is not a one man army... but they are dependand on their scorers. First was Cavani, and now Higuain.

If they lose higuain... they will drop like a brick..you will see.

Insigne, Gabbia... none of them can acrry. Just Pipa-
 

Valerio.

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Jul 5, 2014
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Wait, why is everyone sure Higuain is leaving Napoli?
cause in Naples he gets 6,5m net while elsewhere they'd give him no less than 9/10 net/year

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Napoli is not a one man army... but they are dependand on their scorers. First was Cavani, and now Higuain.

If they lose higuain... they will drop like a brick..you will see.

Insigne, Gabbia... none of them can acrry. Just Pipa-
what i'm worried about is that if they make big money out of him they might as well buy 3-4 strong players instead
 

Roman

-'Tuz Fantasy Master-
Apr 19, 2003
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#76
Yeah,and Roma needs to sell as well(FFP)...probably they will again go for those loans+options/obligations deals...
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,330
#77
will be interesting to see how Merda and Roma operate, both full of loan signings that need to be resolved.
Neither team has any sort of project. They just buy, sell and loan at random it seems.

Our only competitor that tries to build a squad is Napoli, but they don't have the resources, the class or the patience to be able to build one good enough to compete.

The way things are going now I see us winning it 10 years in a row. And as much as I'd love for that to happen, the complete lack of opposition will probably hurt us in the CL at some point.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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cause in Naples he gets 6,5m net while elsewhere they'd give him no less than 9/10 net/year

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what i'm worried about is that if they make big money out of him they might as well buy 3-4 strong players instead
It's unlikely that 3 or 4 world class players will sign for them. Mertens and Callejon are good examples of the category of players they are able to get: quite skilled, very good at what they do, but at the very top they would be used as impact subs only.

It's unfathomable that someone with the talent and quality of a Pogba or a Dybala would play for Napoli imo. The only reason they got Higuain was that most clubs thought he failed at Real (not entirely accurate, but that was the prevailing belief).
 

Zacheryah

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Aug 29, 2010
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the same way everyone is sure about morata.
It makes perfect sense you'd think that Napoli and Juventus are on the same level, beeing a huge fan of Napoli and Inter

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It's unlikely that 3 or 4 world class players will sign for them. Mertens and Callejon are good examples of the category of players they are able to get: quite skilled, very good at what they do, but at the very top they would be used as impact subs only.

It's unfathomable that someone with the talent and quality of a Pogba or a Dybala would play for Napoli imo. The only reason they got Higuain was that most clubs thought he failed at Real (not entirely accurate, but that was the prevailing belief).
...and that one time huge lump of cash from Cavani, that allowed a sub-top club to do an "EPL" and spend big for him.


Question seven. I think they got pretty lucky that Higuain was existing after cavani went. Now when we look at todays market, if they sell Higuain. Who can Napoli remotely sign that could go on having a similar impact ?


Take in account, the big TV deal of the EPL
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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It makes perfect sense you'd think that Napoli and Juventus are on the same level, beeing a huge fan of Napoli and Inter

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...and that one time huge lump of cash from Cavani, that allowed a sub-top club to do an "EPL" and spend big for him.


Question seven. I think they got pretty lucky that Higuain was existing after cavani went. Now when we look at todays market, if they sell Higuain. Who can Napoli remotely sign that could go on having a similar impact ?


Take in account, the big TV deal of the EPL
No one. I don't see anyone really. Other than Cavani himself maybe.
 
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