Matt O'Riley Update

The transfer fee sounds about right, but the fact that Napoli have recently signed De Bruyne gravitates against that.

Thank fk for that. What a carthorse. File along with Philips, Grealish and Kyle Walker.

Napoli are determined to keep. number one status, as they are now after Nunez, Rashford, Garnacho and Sancho are listed.

Considering they went bankrupt in 2004, dropping into the third tier, it just shows you what can be achieved when a club is eventually run correctly. Hopefully we can do the same.

Napoli: cause for optimism?

It was one of my better read articles — generating a whopping 12 comments! I seem to be an acquired taste...

Anyway, the general thrust was that Napoli hit the doldrums for many years after an illustrious 1980s, but managed to get themselves back to the top table. We can do same thing if TFG lay the right foundations. It all starts this summer.

I was lucky enough to attend the European Cup final which they won and the scenes were crazy throughout the City.

As you said, Robert, they then had a lean spell with typical Italian recriminations but seem to be back on the up now.

I called it Liverpool in the sun.

Napoli are always looked down on because of the Italian media's preference to the Milan clubs and Juventus.

So in that way, yes, similar to Everton in terms of the city and how they are viewed.

I always keep an eye on Napoli, even though my Italian leaning is Roma. And that is pre TFG.

Even though its rough and ready it is still full of character and one of my favourite places in the world.

I live in central Italy now and I can say from experience that Napoli is like no other Italian city. The Neapolitans are very passionate people and Napoli is a great football club just like Everton.

So glad to see them gaining success. Hopefully the same success will come to us.

Fabianski, Vardy, Ericksen, Danny Ings. Even just to boost squad numbers.

I do understand and support the theme of building for the future but our squad numbers are a little scary this summer.

Before you can make plans for sailing across the Atlantic, your boat has to first of all be seaworthy.