Atleti launches for Insigne

Lorenzo Insigne still does not renew with Naples, he only has one year left on his contract and Atlético has already warned him: if he leaves as a free agent, the Italian in 2022 will have an important mattress offer on the table. The southern team captain and Aurelio De Laurentiis remain without speaking. Almost a month ago we described his situation as a new, possible 'Donnarumma case' and, for the moment, nothing has changed. On the 10th of Italy he has returned to work as European champion and, despite the fact that his agent was in Castel di Sangro, where the club is concentrated, there were no meetings about his situation.

The Neapolitan, who has grown up in the 'squadra' of his loves (he wears the San Paolo, the face of Maradona, the Naples shield) has lived a great course, with 19 goals and 11 assists in 48 games and, later, the triumph in the Eurocopa with the Azzurra, crowned with a decisive goal against Belgium. His great performances and his commitment to the entity (he always declared wanting to be “the Totti of Napoli”), however, they did not serve to avoid the enormous tension of these days. Insigne and De Laurentiis do not speak, and the club leaked that, if any team offers 25 million, they will let him go already this summer.

The forward earns 4.5 million net until 2022 and the board has not yet offered to renew, something that is causing various interests in the international market. Inter and Arsenal have also been informed about his situation, the rojiblancos have followed him for years, but never came to negotiate for him, aware that De Laurentiis considered him untouchable and that the player did not want to leave his city. Now the landscape has changed and if the positions do not approach in the coming months, the race will soon begin to sign 10 from Italy as a free agent, author of 109 goals and 85 assists in 397 games for Napoli. Atleti already took advantage …