A year ago, Naples welcomed the arrival of Fernando Llorente with enthusiasm, that with his 34 years was the reinforcement of quality and experience that the Azzurra forward always lacked. Its beginnings confirmed the good feelings. In his first three games for the Southerners, he signed an assist (against Sampdoria), a goal in the historic triumph with Liverpool, and a double against Lecce. The deep crisis of results that led to the dismissal of Ancelotti, took its toll like all his teammates, but the Spanish continued to have a leading role in Serie A and in the Champions League. The arrival of Gattuso changed everything. With 'Ringhio', the tip was seen less and less, until it disappeared: the last match in which he stepped on the green was in victory against Juventus (2-1) on January 26. Llorente is physically very well, but the coach made it clear that he does not have him and asked him to find a team. After the friendly played in September with Pescara, the coach explained that he left the former Tottenham player out because “it was not correct to take him to the bench to play only the last minutes.” In the first two days of this league he did not even include him on the list of usable footballers.
The player has one year left on his contract, he received several offers from Calcio (Spezia, Benevento) and for him a big one could also move in the last days of the market (Juventus and Inter were discussed). At the moment, he was not convinced by any proposal (the ones that might interest him have not yet materialized) and the Riojan does not rule out staying under Vesuvius also on this course. Making Gattuso change his mind would be the umpteenth feat of his great career.