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    REPORT: Barba about to join Napoli

    REPORT: Barba about to join Napoli

    Yesterday, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis told his club fans: “I’ll sign two players, two youngsters. After Alberto Grassi (who will undergo the medicals today), now it’s Federico Barba’s turn. The azzurri have in fact found an agreement for the Empoli defender. Napoli will pay €5 million euros to the Tuscan club including bonuses and an indemnity to AS Roma, who had a preemption.
     
    The negotiation for the 23-year-old should be carried out before the next Sunday, when Napoli will play against Empoli themselves. Barba can play both as a center back and a left back, and he will be very important for Napoli, as both Albiol and Koulibaly are right-footed. Sarri knows him very well, as last year he coached him in Tuscany, and for a certain period, he was in competition with Tonelli for a place as a starter.
     
     Tonelli himself was also a target for Napoli, who had some talks with his agent, but Empoli consider him unsellable.
     

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