Giovanni di Lorenzo appears set to remain at Napoli beyond this season as he resolves his situation with the Naples club.
The full-back surprised Napoli by expressing his desire to leave at the end of last season, but the club insisted he was not for sale.
Their new manager, Antonio Conte, blocked any potential transfer and Di Lorenzo continued to push for a move.
During Euro 2024 with the Italy national team, he reiterated his wish for a new challenge, with Juventus reportedly showing interest in signing him.
Juventus has quietly monitored him for some time, but they understood it would be challenging to persuade Napoli to sell.
While Napoli remained determined to keep him, it seems Di Lorenzo has now changed his stance.
His agent, Mario Giuffredi, confirmed that Juventus had been in contact but emphasised that it was not a serious pursuit.
He said, as quoted by Tuttomercatoweb:
“I have always been sincere but to do my job well you have to be a big liar. Juve was one of the many clubs that made a phone call to find out, but perhaps it wasn’t even the first. The thing was overemphasized, I didn’t sit down with Juventus to negotiate. The player’s or my real will to leave has never been there. We would never have left Napoli defeated, at most we could do it next year after having done very well.”
Juve FC Says
Di Lorenzo remains one of the best full-backs in the country, and he could have been a solid signing for us.
He is terrible. Why are we signing him?
Think it was fairly clear he wanted to follow Guintoli and join Juve. Then he had a shitty Euro`s and it became clear to him that no team would pay 25 mill for him so he decided it would be best to stay where he currently is. His agent is just being the big liar he claims he is as he is trying to reassure
Napoli that Lorenzo never intended to leave.
After failing to sign calafiori now what is this ? Di lorenzo , are you serious ! After thet horrible show up at euro ?