{"id":460053,"date":"2019-07-01T00:22:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T04:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=460053"},"modified":"2019-07-01T00:22:46","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T04:22:46","slug":"kostas-manolas-napoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/07\/01\/kostas-manolas-napoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Kostas Manolas Completes Move To Napoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Napoli have completed the signing of AS Roma defender Kostas Manolas for a reported initial fee of\u00a0\u20ac34million plus a \u20ac2m signing-on fee. Manolas joins the club on a five-year contract, seeing him through until 2024.<\/p>\n<h1>Kostas Manolas Completes Move To Napoli<\/h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kostas Manolas has completed a move to Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>Ciao Kostas, thank you for your five years of service! \ud83d\udc4b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YOG7L0Hkke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YOG7L0Hkke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASRomaEN\/status\/1145426599237619715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Career So Far for Kostas Manolas<\/h2>\n<p>Manolas started his career at\u00a0Thrasyvoulos in 2007. His uncle,\u00a0Stelios Manolas, was the technical director of\u00a0AEK Athens in 2009. Kostas Manolas impressed his uncle. Eventually, AEK Athens signed him in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>After three years at AEK Athens, KManolas moved to\u00a0Olympiacos in 2012 on a free transfer. Manolas improved a lot there and caught the eyes of major European clubs. In fact, there were rumours linking him to various English clubs. However, Manolas moved to Italian club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.com\/konstantinos-manolas\/profil\/spieler\/104752\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AS Roma in 2014\u00a0for an estimated fee of \u20ac15 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Rise to the Top<\/h2>\n<p>Kostas Manolas is considered by many as one of the best defenders in the world. He was named the <a href=\"https:\/\/romanews.eu\/notizie-roma\/roma-awards-e-manolas-il-miglior-acquisto-della-stagione\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best purchase of the season<\/a> on his first season at AS Roma in 2014\/15. Since then, he has been linked to many clubs. However, Manolas spent five seasons in Rome. His most memorable contribution was the winning goal he scored against <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/clubs\/barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barcelona<\/a>. That really was an epic Champions League comeback win. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iYYr1N6-rRM\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The goal and the commentary by Peter Drury have reached iconic status.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Forming a Formidable Partnership<\/h2>\n<p>Kostas Manolas will form a potentially devastating defensive partnership with\u00a0Kalidou Koulibaly at Napoli. In fact, the Greek defender has qualities that should work really well with Koulibaly&#8217;s strengths. Carlo Ancelotti now has a dream centre-back pairing at Napoli. In fact, it was a shrewd and timely move considering the departure of Raul Albiol.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"tz-fxap1R1t3G_nD06h7ZQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1136906266\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:&#8217;tz-fxap1R1t3G_nD06h7ZQ&#8217;,sig:&#8217;wDJSCJ5jpul5SRjtt-eF2JnL5ldE-N1o49Yco0NInK0=&#8217;,w:&#8217;594px&#8217;,h:&#8217;429px&#8217;,items:&#8217;1136906266&#8242;,caption: true ,tld:&#8217;co.uk&#8217;,is360: false })});<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napoli have completed the signing of AS Roma defender Kostas Manolas for a reported initial fee of\u00a0\u20ac34million plus a \u20ac2m signing-on fee. Manolas joins the club on a five-year contract, seeing him through until 2024. Kostas Manolas Completes Move To Napoli Kostas Manolas has completed a move to Napoli. 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