Naples: all done for the arrival of Lorenzo Lucca
Calciomercato Napoli: Lorenzo Lucca will be the next center forward available to Antonio Conte. The Piedmontese striker born in 2000 now former Udinese, who was in the sights among others also of AC Milan and Atalanta, underwent on Thursday the medical examinations necessary to conclude the negotiations before signing his new contract.
Lucca had left Linate in the morning, without making any particular statements except a greeting to his new Napoli fans. The’whole negotiation is expected to cost Aurelio De Laurentiis’s club about 35 million euros, the sum between the 9 to be paid immediately to Udinese and the 26 that will be triggered in one year for the mandatory redemption.
The club is expected to pay the club about 35 million euros.
The Lucca profile had been specifically requested from Napoli by Antonio Conte himself. In fact, the Salento coach was aiming to flank Lukaku with another striker with a great physique and who would make an important contribution regarding expected and scored goals.
After all, Lucca, despite his young age, has always stood out for his prolificacy. People began to talk about him when, as soon as he came of age, he scored 16 goals in 19 appearances for Brescia’s Primavera team. After an excellent interlude in C with the Palermo jersey, then, he exploded in B at Pisa in 2021-2022. The great start of the season in the Nerazzurri opened for him the doors of Ajax, of which he became the first Italian in history. Instead, his move from the Lancers to Udinese, with which he made his Serie A debut and which he will leave after scoring 20 league goals spread over two seasons, dates back to 2023.
