Report: ADL wound up Insigne

By Football Italia staff

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis reportedly irritated Lorenzo Insigne by demanding he sign a new contract minutes ahead of the Juventus clash.

Negotiations for a new deal have been dragging on for weeks and the main issue is around who gets image rights and at what cost.

According to Il Mattino newspaper, De Laurentiis decided to take a novel approach by entering the locker rooms just minutes before the team went out to play Juventus at the Stadio San Paolo.

As part of a motivational speech, he turned to Insigne and loudly asked him to get on with signing a new contract.

It’s reported Insigne replied in front of his teammates that he and his agent had made their conditions clear some time ago.

The discussion apparently went on for quite a while, but had to be cut short because the Napoli squad ran out for the warm-up.

Insigne is asking for €3.5m per season wages, but he wants the image rights included, whereas Napoli famously resist all attempts by players to keep their image rights.

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