Also Napoli are extremely active on the transfer market: one of their priorities is the signing of a new defender, but one of their main targets for such position, Liverpool 28 year old Martin Skrtel, has become, according to the Daily Mirror, a concrete target for Zenit St. Petersburg; in any case, according to the Corriere dello Sport, the evaluation of the Slovakia international is too high for the azzurri, who could then swoop on River Plate 20 year old Eder Alvarez Balanta, even if also the Colombia international has a quite high evaluation. Napoli are also seeking a left back, and, as reported yesterday, they are also thinking about Ajax 23 year old Daley Blind, but, interviewed by calciomercato.com, Karel Jansen, agent of the Holland international, has declared that for the moment there have been no contacts for his client. Finally, Rafa Benitez’s team goalkeeper Pepe Reina, actually on loan from Liverpool, has been quite elusive about the possibility to join Barcelona.

Inter Milan are also seeking a midfielder, and, according to the Corriere dello Sport, the nerazzurri have overtaken Juventus and Tottenham in the hunt for FC Porto 26 year old Fernando Francisco Reges. On the contrary, as highlighted by calciomercato.com, to obtain Manchester City defender Micah Richards, the Lombard club will have to compete with Juventus, Arsenal, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.