A week after his official presentation as Napoli’s new coach, Luciano Spalletti spoke for the second time with the Neapolitan press and again he was asked by his two goalkeepers: David Ospina and Alex Meret. The DT had a response similar to that of his first press conference and he said that he needs both, he does not want either to leave in this market.
“Ospina will be Meret’s substitute?” Was the question for Spalletti. The coach responded with an example of what he experienced when he managed Roma between 2016 and 2017: “I don’t want to take risks in the season, I have two strong goalkeepers and this has already happened to me with Szczęsny and Allison. Problems (injuries, penalties) are just around the corner and that can touch your goalkeepers. The bow is a position where you need two. “
Neither goalkeeper is working in the Napoli preseason, both are on vacation after their participation in the Copa América with Colombia and the Eurocup with Italy. The goalkeepers Spalletti has at the moment are Francesco Baietti, Valerio Boffelli, Nikita Contini and Hubert Idasiak. The Colombian will join in the next few days.
Ospina has a contract with the club until June next year, but in Italy there has been speculation with a possible exit in this transfer market. Atalanta, Juventus and Sassuolo have been mentioned as possible destinations. A return to the Premier League was also mentioned.
Napoli will debut in Serie A on August 22 against Venice, one of the teams recently promoted to the first division. On the second date he will play against Genoa as a visitor.
