Raiola ‘entangled’ with Januzaj

Adnan Januzaj leaves Real Sociedad. And this time it seems that definitively. His representative, the mediatic Mino Raiola, is ‘getting involved’ with the renewal of the Belgian footballer with the San Sebastian club. Because what seemed like a fact on January 23 only to be confirmed with the signing signature, which was his contract extension for three seasons, can now be left in the lurch. From Italy they point out to Diario AS that their agent is in “advanced talks” to sign for Napoliwhich offers him an economic amount much higher than the one proposed by the Real and with which Januzaj agreed.

From the Royal Society they do not want to throw in the towel, because they consider that they have the word of Januzaj; but the latest news that has reached him from Italy is not exactly hopeful. Mino Raiola, recovered from the illness that prevented him from formalizing Januzaj’s new contract and signing his renewal in January, has continued to do his job and listening to proposals that were beneficial for their client, and that of Naples is a much better offer than that of Real Sociedad. The Neapolitan club wants the Belgian player as a substitute for Lorenzo Insigne, and is willing to offer much more than what he would earn at Real if he renewed his contract.

The fact is that in January the talks advanced between the parties in order to reach an agreement, the Real raising its first proposal and Januzaj yielding to its initial claims. The Belgian, satisfied with the effort made by the royalist club, agreed with his new conditions (to renew until 2025), and so he informed both the president, Jokin Aperribay, and the Director of Football, Roberto Olabe. So much only needed to sign the agreement, but Raiola was hospitalized and was left to wait until he recovered. Januzaj even declared that he wanted to continue in Real. “I want to renew. I want to stay at Real because I feel at home, I feel very good. I am going to celebrate my fifth year here and it is for a reason, ”he said in the presence of his coach, Alguacil, the only time he has spoken publicly about his continuity at Real.

But all that is up in the air for now. Because at the club they know what Januzaj is like, capable of changing his mind at the slightest, they know him well. But the fact of not having signed the agreement that they had agreed has caused other teams to be interested in their situation when they are released next summer. And there appears Napoli, with an advanced agreement to get his signing, according to what they point out from Italy. At Real they don’t want to lose hope, but now they are somewhat more pessimistic, when two months ago they were really optimistic. The doubt is if Real tried to make one last effort, raising his proposal a little to try to convince him not to sign for Napoli. Imanol Alguacil insists on his renewal, Roberto Olabe is counting on him, he has let him know and he knows that Januzaj is happy in Donostia, and in the club they recognize that in the market it will be very difficult to find a player of his characteristics. They understand that they made a good proposal to renew, which Januzaj valued positivelyand now they hope that the loud siren songs coming from Naples will not finally make him change his mind.