With the new year's day holiday passed, the Serie A field will fully kick off the second half of the competition, the current Serie A title and Champions League qualification presents a super strong situation, Inter Milan with a 4-point advantage to the top of the table, behind the AC Milan, Napoli, Atalanta have a chance, including Juve and Rome also have the possibility of catching up, but a news from the famous Italian media, let Naples suffer a heavy blow.
Napoli is the dark horse in the first half of the season, with 39 points in 19 games, ranking third in the league and the biggest obstacle to Milan's victory. Just when fans are expecting this veteran Serie A powerhouse to reverse the order, The Milan Sports newspaper reported that Napoli's top scorer Insigne has confirmed his departure from the team, and it is expected that on January 7, Beijing time, Insigne will sign a contract with major league Toronto FC, and he will get a five-and-a-half-year contract worth a total of 65 million euros to lock in his future.
Insigne's contract with Napoli was about to expire in June, and he had wanted to complete a contract extension with the club, but who knew that Napoli president De Laurentiis was only willing to give an annual salary of 3.5 million euros, which disappointed the captain. You know, Insigne is a veteran of Napoli, playing for the team for 9 and a half years, handing over a good record card of 114 goals and 95 assists, one person alone 209 goals, an average of 22 goals per season Insigne can produce 22 goals, and he has now ranked fourth in the club's all-time top scorer list, only one goal away from Maradona in front of him.
It was such a hero, de Laurentis's pettiness completely angered Insigne, for which he chose to switch to the United States Major League for gold, which is also common sense. For Spalletti, Insigne is his favourite, and the Italy international has made 18 appearances this season, contributing five goals and six assists, and is the attacking core of Napoli's front. Insigne has long been a left winger, his dribbling and passing ability is excellent, it is a sharp weapon to tear apart the opponent's defense in positional warfare, without his presence, Napoli's attack is like a car without a steering wheel, it will be unrecognizable.
In the crucial stage of the competition for Champions League qualification, Napoli ushered in the news of the departure of the captain, which was a big blow. Although Insigne told Spalletti that he would do his best to help the team achieve its goal of entering the Champions League for the rest of the time, and to maintain his form with all his strength, trying to continue to gain the trust of Italian manager Mancini and compete for the next World Cup for the national team. But after falling out with the president and being tempted by high salaries, Insigne can be said to be in Cao Ying's heart, and how much he can contribute to Naples is still unknown.
In this way, the pattern of Serie A competing for the top four will usher in a major reshuffle, and in the case that Napoli is very likely to fall behind, it will also clear a major obstacle for Milan. Behind Napoli, Atalanta, Roma, Juve, Lazio and Fiorentina all see the hope of catching up, and the second half of Serie A will be more exciting, and the situation of Juve's dominance in the past will not be repeated.