Allan (29 years old) has already decided his fate. Napoli's Brazilian midfielder has chosen Everton as the team in which he wants to continue his sports career. According to information from the Italian media ‘La Gazzetta dello Sport’, Allan has spoken with the leaders of the ‘partenopeo’ club and He has conveyed his wish that, if they do not have him for the next season, they will let him go to the English club, trained by an old acquaintance, Carlo Ancelotti.
The Italian coach led Napoli for a season and a half (from July 2018 to December 2019) and in that time had Allan under his command. Total, used the Brazilian midfielder in 4764 'spread over 61 games, in which he scored a goal and gave three assists. Therefore, he was a man of his utmost confidence and he wants to recruit him for the 'toffes'. There is talk of a figure of around 25 million euros to close the operation.
This decision of Allan ends Atlético's hopes of incorporating him into their ranks. And is that He was one of the candidates to reinforce the center of the field of those of Simeone to complement players already in the squad or supply an eventual march, like Thomas's, still pending renovation. The Everton recently got in the way of Atlético's plans with Allan at the express wish of Ancelotti, who seeks to strengthen the core of the Liverpool team and has thought of the Brazilian for it.
Atlético had a great interest in acquiring the services of Allan and was willing to barter with some of his staff to try to convince Naples to agree to carry out the operation at an affordable price, as its president, De Laurentiis, he asked for 40 million euros to sit down to negotiate. Finally, it seems that the desire of the footballer will prevail and this will reach the English club, although for an amount, a priori, less than what the Neapolitans hoped to collect. Now the mattresses will have to change their objective if they want to add troops in their midfield.