Serie A transfer round up: Offer for €40m Spurs target, new favourites for Milan and Napoli jobs

Check out the most relevant transfer stories involving Serie A clubs on Friday, May 3, 2024, including Napoli‘s reported offer for Alessandro Buongiorno and new favourites for the Partenopei and Milan‘s jobs.

Serie A round 35 is about to begin with Torino hosting Bologna and one of the most significant transfer stories from the Peninsula concerns the Granata. Corriere dello Sport reported that Napoli had made a formal offer to sign Buongiorno, matching Urbano Cairo’s asking price, although the bid includes €5m add-ons. Tottenham and Inter have also been linked with the Italy international but the Nerazzurri can’t match Napoli’s proposal, so they are considering Udinese‘s Jaka Bijol instead.

Gazzetta named five players expected to leave the fresh Serie A champions this summer: Alexis Sanchez, Juan Cuadrado, Stefano Sensi, Davy Klaassen and Emil Audero, but only the latter has a chance to stay beyond the summer if the Nerazzurri fail to sign Bento.

Inter’s arch-rivals Juventus are waiting to secure a Champions League placement before offering Adrien Rabiot a new deal, but Manchester United are strongly interested in the France international, according to Tuttosport.

According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Manchester City and United are interested in Lazio keeper Christos Mandas and the Biancocelesti are expected to offer the 22-year-old a new deal soon.

Transfers are not only about players, especially in the early stages, and some top clubs in Italy are expected to change their coaches this month. As per Sky Sport Italia, Milan boss Stefano Pioli is Napoli’s new leading candidate to replace Francesco Calzona, while Sergio Conceiçao, a former Inter and Lazio winger, appears to be on top of Milan’s wish list.