SSC Naples are seeking a left back, and, as anticipated by calciomercato.com, have already found an agreement with Palermo to obtain 30 year old Federico Balzaretti. The problem is that the Italy national has asked his president Maurizio Zamparini to keep him until next year, when his contract will expire. Zamparini is not happy to loose the player for free, but understands his decision, due to family reasons. This is why Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is ready to give Balzaretti all the meanings to ease his situation in case he will move to Naples, and will wait for an answer until the first week of August. Another option could be O,L, 24 year old Aly Cissokho, but, interviewed by Sportitalia, his agent for Italy Fabrizio Ferrari has denied any contact with the azzurri. Napoli must also solve the situation of 24 year old midfielder Marek Hamsik: one his agents, Mino Raiola, is trying to convince him to move to another club, and for this reason, according to Radio Crc, Sports Director Riccardo Bigon will meet next week Juray Venglos, official agent of the Slovakia national. The azzurri are also interested in Liverpool center back Martin Skrtel, but, according to The Times, also Zenit St. Petersburg and Manchester City are interested in the 27 year old Slovak.

Seeking a forward, AC Milan, according to La Repubblica, are interested, as well as Juventus, in Inter 27 year old forward Giampaolo Pazzini, even if coach Massimiliano Allegri seems to prefer Juve 27 year old Alessandro Matri. Moreover, the new name for the rossoneri's offensive line could be, according to Sky Sport 24, the one of Benfica 29 year old Oscar Cardozo, while the Corriere della Sera substains that Internacional de Porto Alegre 23 year old Leandro Damiao could still be an option. Regarding the defense, it seems always more difficult for the Lombard club to sign FC Porto 26 year old Rolando, who, according to the Correio de Manha, is about to join Fenerbahçe.