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Don’t expect Di Natale
Thursday 18 June, 2009

Napoli have cooled transfer speculation that they’ll sign Antonio Di Natale from Udinese for the 2009-10 campaign.

Having already handed Udinese £14m for Fabio Quagliarella, fellow Neapolitan Di Natale has also been associated with a move to his hometown club.

Azzurri transfer chief Pierpaolo Marino is a massive fan of the Italian international, but he’s being realistic.

“The chances of Udinese releasing Di Natale to us after already handing over Quagliarella are very remote,” said the highly respected official.

Some fans at the San Paolo had already started to dream of a Di Natale, Quagliarella and Ezequiel Lavezzi trident in attack for next season.

Meanwhile, reports in Brazil claim that Internacional striker Nilmar, closely linked with Palermo in the past, is also a transfer target for the club.

Nilmar, a talented striker, is valued in the region of £12m.

Napoli have also signed former Under-21 international playmaker Luca Cigarini from Atalanta this summer.


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