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Not everyone was convinced when Napoli put €35 million on the table to snatch Giacomo Raspadori from Sassuolo this summer. However, in less than half a season, the young Italian has proven the doubters wrong. Jack has produced multiple great performances for Napoli and might even be the answer to the attacking troubles of the Italy national team.   While watching Napoli-Ajax in a room full of Neapolitans on Wednesday night, the name of Raspadori entered the conversation. “You don’t even miss Osimhen with Jack playing like that”, I argued, to highlight Raspadori’s recent performances. My neighbour smiled and expressed…

After two years of financial hardship, exacerbated by missing the Champions League, Aurelio De Laurentiis pushed the 'reset' button, bidding farewell to club legends and welcoming young, relatively unknown starlets - a strategy that got Napoli into the Champions League in the first place. After a flurry of activity in the final two weeks, the transfer window closed on September 1st. Forza Napoli Press assesses SSC Napoli’s summer mercato. Departures After breaking the club’s press silence in June of 2021, Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis declared that the club had two goals for the 2021/22 campaign: balance the books and…

Death, taxes and a Luciano Spalletti side starting a season with a bang. Napoli tifosi around the world have been thrilled by the attacking and confident start that i partenopei have made to the 2022/23 campaign. This enthusiasm, however, is coloured by many with a fear for the inevitable dip that usually comes later in the campaign for a Spalletti side. Fans will not need reminding that after only losing once in the first fifteen games of last season, Napoli lost at home to Atalanta, Empoli and Spezia in a December from hell. Despite an impressive recovery, considering the hole…

On the opening weekend, Kvicha Kvaratshkelia opened Napoli’s account by scoring his first goal for the club in a 5-2 win at the Stadio Bentegodi. Last Sunday, he scored a brace in his Stadio Maradona debut, as Napoli trounced Monza 4-0. Our new boy joins three other Napoli players who netted in each of their first two matches: Edinson Cavani and José Maria Callejón, who we all know went on to have legendary careers, and (believe it or not) Lorenzo Tonelli, who debuted midway through his first season with Napoli and only scored one more goal for gli azzurri in…

Following a clear out of Azzurri stars and the methodical replenishment of up-and-coming prodigies, the mood of the average Napoli fan has swung like a bipolar pendulum in recent months. From losing Mertens and Insigne to then snaring some of the League’s best strikers in the final weeks of the transfer market, let’s dissect Luciano Spalletti’s options in the attacking half. But with all of these unforeseen riches, can the Napoli manager exploit the full potential of his A-Team while maintaining a healthy aura of competitiveness with such an opulent bench? Tactics Spalletti’s preferred methodology in attack showcases three attacking…