Napoli reveal wage demands blocked Garnacho deal | OneFootball

Napoli sporting director Giovanni Manna has revealed Alejandro Garnacho’s wage demands blocked a move for the Manchester United winger.

Garnacho was Napoli’s top target in the winter transfer window, as the Italians sought a replacement for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. The Georgian winger joined Paris Saint-Germain in a deal worth €70m last month.

Manchester United are understood to have been open to offers for the 20-year-old and Manna has revealed that Napoli made ‘an important bid’ to sign the Argentina international.

However, talks broke down after Napoli were unwilling to match Garnacho’s wage demands.

“We made an important bid to Manchester United for Garnacho. We really wanted him,” Manna said in comments published by Fabrizio Romano.

“We weren’t able to agree on personal terms with Alejandro, he requested an important salary to leave in January and we must respect our players.”

Manna also opened up on failed moves to sign Borussia Dortmund’s Karim Adeyemi and ex-Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximim. Antonio Conte’s side did manage to sign Noah Okafor on loan from AC Milan in the closing stages of the window.

“I can confirm we had an agreement in principle with Borussia Dortmund for Adeyemi,” Manna continued.

“I also met Karim in Germany but the deal collapsed as he didn’t want to join us. I read today he’s already agreed to join another club for July… good for him.

“We also tried to sign Allan Saint-Maximin until the end but there were issues. We couldn’t match the requests made by Al Ahli, same for Fenerbahçe.”

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