{"id":490841,"date":"2019-07-25T18:04:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T22:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonfootball.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=490841"},"modified":"2019-07-25T18:04:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T22:04:39","slug":"transfer-rumours-barcelona-napoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2019\/07\/25\/transfer-rumours-barcelona-napoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Rumours: Barcelona and Napoli"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Word on Football\u2019s\u00a0Football Transfer News<\/a>\u00a0looks at the latest transfer rumours from around world football. In today\u2019s edition, Barcelona<\/a> move for Junior Firpo<\/a> and Napoli continue to go big game hunting.<\/p>\n

European Transfer Rumours<\/h2>\n

Barcelona Finally In For Firpo<\/h3>\n

Real Betis left-back Junior Firpo<\/a> has been on Barcelona’s radar since his stellar performance for Betis last October. The Dominican born Spanish youth international starred in Betis 4-2 win at the Camp Nou last season. His buccaneering runs and excellent close control has had Barcelona fans around the world hoping for his arrival.<\/p>\n

It was initially believed that Betis’s asking price of\u00a0\u20ac30 million was too high for Barca. But as Catalan journalist Jordi Gil wrote in SPORT today<\/a>, Barcelona believes Betis can be talked down from that price. Especially now that they have completed the signing of Alfonso Pedraza<\/a> from Villareal.<\/p>\n

Barcelona wants to bring Firpo in to deputise Jordi Alba<\/a>. The Spanish left-back started last season on fire but wore down as the season went on. The 30-year-old lacked a viable deputy and his form declined throughout the season because of it. Barcelona is not going to make that same mistake again.<\/p>\n

Napoli Transfer Rumours<\/h3>\n

It has been a busy summer for Carlo Ancelotti and Napoli. They already added Kostas Manolas<\/a> and have since flirted with James Rodriguez<\/a> and Mauro Icardi<\/a>. However, with each passing day, those deals get less and less likely so, in turn, Napoli have begun to look elsewhere for another attacking option.<\/p>\n

Gianluca DiMarzio has reported<\/a> that Napoli are in negotiations for Nicolas Pepe<\/a>. His representation has already been spotted in Dimaro and is set to meet with the Napoli brass sometime today. But here is where the deal gets tricky.<\/p>\n

His current club, where he starred last season<\/a>, Lille want around\u00a0\u20ac75 million for Pepe. It is a price far to steep for Napoli to reach. But according to DiMarzio Lille would be willing to take back Napoli winger Adam Ounas<\/a> in the deal. That could make things work, and Napoli is going to need this deal if they want to make a serious push for the Scudetto.<\/p>\n

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