For the average fan who can only see Serie A on TV, the new season starts from the day the first round of the league starts (). For players like Chen Yingying, the new season starts from the day the training camp begins. And for a manager like Mazzali and a manager like Bigon, the new season starts the day the old one ends.

Napoli have reached the Champions League for the second year in a row, and although both are qualifiers, it also means that Napoli are eligible to pursue bigger goals. Reaching the Champions League every year in the future may only be a goal that must be achieved, rather than a task that the whole team can do to complete in front of them.

In that case, the investment in all aspects of the team should also be increased.

The strategy of building a team should be based on the standards of a wealthy family that can cope with multi-front operations.

It's no longer enough to get together eleven players with outstanding quality.

So Napoli's transfer work started early.

In fact, before the end of last season, Napoli had already begun to poach people. Their first target was left-back Domenik, who was not able to poach last season. Crishto (domenico_criscito).

Mazzari was poaching the young left-back who was a little famous in Italy last summer, but at that time Crishitto was still in Juventus' ownership, and although he played in Genoa, he was on loan.

Cristo himself would love to come to Naples because he was a native of Naples and was born in Cercola in the Naples region. But Juventus, as one of Napoli's sworn enemies, will certainly not give a strong reinforcement to a sworn enemy.

A lot can happen in a season, not to mention the management of Juventus FC.

Genoa bought out the ownership of Crisitto from Juventus, and from that time on, Crisitto was a Genoese player and had nothing to do with Juventus.

In this way, it will be much easier for Naples to go and buy.

Although Crischito started his football career in Genoa, compared with Napoli, who have reached the Champions League for two consecutive years, and Genoa, who can only finish ninth and do not even qualify for the Europa League, normal people will not hesitate which one to choose.

But at the same time, Napoli is not the only one who wants Cristo, AC Milan and Fiorentina have also been watching the player for a long time. Both decided to make a move this summer ().

Genoa is happy to watch the excitement, just watch the three fights, and in the end, whoever bids the highest, I will sell. As for leaving Krishto? They hadn't even thought about it. Once a small team like Genoa does not qualify for Europe, it will be difficult to keep those ambitious players in the team.

In the 2008-2009 season, Genoa worked hard for a season, and was finally squeezed out of fourth place in the league by Napoli, and could only play in the League Cup. Even so, it's better than not even qualifying for the League Cup today, right? You can't play in the Champions League, and if you can play in the League Cup, the players will still be willing to stay in the team. If all the European qualifications are gone, who wants to stay here? Those who have a way and those who have strong ability under their agents will naturally find another way out. Those who remain are either emotionally attached to this team, or they are incapable and have no way.

To say that AC Milan and Fiorentina are slightly superior to Napoli, especially AC Milan, which can be regarded as giants no matter how they receive.

Fiorentina was also one of the seven sisters of Serie A that year, an old powerhouse. Napoli has always been grassroots, just once in the past few years since Maradona, and then it has been quickly beaten back to its original shape. In the eyes of the northern powers, Naples was out of the flow.

What to do if you want to compete with teams like AC Milan and Fiorentina for Crischito? On the one hand, it is to show their sincerity. This sincerity is not for Crishitto, but for the Genoa club.

The Genoa club is now a strange commodity, and of course it will have to ask for a sky-high price. They don't have eighteen million euros, don't try to take Krishtto from us.

How much did AC Milan make at the beginning? Five million euros.

Genoa was furious: You sent Hanako! Want to buy a crissto for five million? Then I'll buy your Pato for 5 million, why don't you do it?

Florence bid seven million.

Genoa still disagreed.

What is the sincerity of Naples? Ten million euros ().

It's twice as high as AC Milan.

But Genoa was still not satisfied. But Napoli has a much heavier place in the minds of the other side than the other two. How much can you really see the sincerity of this offer, you are really sincere, even if you know that you are being treated as a Kaizi, you have to be a Kaizi. Why? Because you really need this person, you really need it sincerely......

Anyway, a few of them just continued to bargain, anyway, the season was not over at that time, in fact, everyone was not in a hurry. It's really not good, Genoa can still immediately declare "Our Crishitto is not for sale, who said that we should sell him for money?" He's an important part of us and Genoa football is all up to him! The righteousness of the remark awe-inspiring closed the transfer window.

Napoli showed sincerity on the one hand, and the other trick was to play the emotional card.

How to play the emotional card?

As mentioned earlier, Crischito is a Neapolitan, although he was not born in the city of Naples, but his birthplace Cercola is in the Naples area, so they are also Neapolitans.

Since it's from my hometown, it's better to speak. Don't you want to play for a team in your hometown? Don't you want to be the hero of your hometown team? Don't you want to dedicate your youth to your hometown?

In the end, Napoli played the card of sincerity and emotion on the one hand, and finally poached the rising star of Italian football to Napoli for 13 million euros.

Crishitto's inclusion in the Italian national team squad for this World Cup in South Africa is enough to explain his future in Italian football. So 13 million euros is really not expensive, and this deal is very good.

Napoli fans also praised Kristo as a native of Napoli and they always wanted more local players in their team, which would make them feel more proud to support them. No one wants to face a team with a starting eleven all foreigners, right? Especially people like Napoli......

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On July 16, after the World Cup final, Crischito's transfer was finalized ().

It took Napoli more than a season from initial interest to victory, and finally got what they wanted.

Mazzari wasn't much pleased, though. Because Cristo was a planned signing, he was supposed to come to Napoli.

He wasn't surprised, nor was he surprised. After more than a year of tireless hard work, Krisito was more inclined to join his hometown team. Everyone can see that the hometown team is now going uphill, and he is the main force when he comes. Go to Fiorentina and face competition from Chilean Vargas and go to AC Milan...... It's a giant, and once you enter the big club, you may have to sit on the bench to get out of it, not to mention AC Milan, which is famous for its likes to use old men. Crissito has also been to Juventus, and he doesn't know what it's like to be a giant, so it's impossible to simply rely on the name of a giant to coax him to join.

After taking Crishitto, Mazari had another headache.

Striker.

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Cassano had a heart attack, which was not very serious, but it was not known how long he would recover, how much form he would have after he returned, and whether he would relapse.

Cassano is still recuperating at home, and it is said that it will take half a month to be able to train physically. When he got back on the field, I don't know when it went......

Anyway, it's right that he can't play this year.

Cassano is no more, but there are still Sanchez and Arshavin, one right and one left, and they can still cope with it. At most, it's a supplement point substitute.

The other position is a headache for Mazzal.

Chen Yingying's center position.

Salayeta has always been on the bench in this position. However, after the end of last season, Salayeta's contract with Napoli has expired. Mazzarri does not plan to renew his contract and has now left the team. It stands to reason that if a centre-forward is needed, Salayeta should be retained.

But Mazzarri is well aware that the battlefield where he needs a centre-forward is not in the domestic league, but in the Champions League. In an event like the Champions League group stage, Salayeta can't cope with it at all, let him play the main team, don't expect him to score any goals.

What he needs is a centre-forward who can do well in the Champions League and ensure that the team can qualify for the Champions League group stage without Chen Yingxing. Such a center forward is not something that a Salayeta can do.

However, because Chen Yingying was only banned for eight games, and he was not permanently banned, it means that once he enters the knockout stage, as soon as Chen Yingxing comes back, his replacement will not be useful. So he can't think about the centers who are young and talented, or who are in their prime. Those people are high in price and low cost performance, not to mention, they will definitely not be willing to come to Napoli to be a substitute for Chen Yingying, everyone is a well-known player, why should I come here to be labeled as a "temporary replacement for Chen Yingxing"? Which team I go to is not the main team? Why come to a country team like Napoli and be a 22-year-old substitute?

Those substitutes that other teams don't want, Mazzar can't look down on them, you guys may not even be as good as Salayeta who has left the team, should I buy you to come to white-collar salary?

With such a calculation, in the end, the objects of consideration can only be placed on those veterans who have some reputation and strength.

A veteran who is very old and about to retire, due to physical strength and other reasons, it is definitely not possible to play the main team throughout the season. Because of their age, they themselves know that their position in the team is that they are substitutes. In this way, there is no conflict with Chen Yingying's position.

But when it comes to a specific person, this Chen Hero's replacement...... Who should I choose?