Manchester United defender could move to Napoli – Good deal for all parties involved?

lekhaka-Aveek chakraborty

Bengaluru,
July
18:
Despite
starring
in
both
the
pre-season
games,
defender
Eric
Bailly
could
be
on
his
way
out
of
Old
Trafford
this
summer
as
according
to
rumours,
Serie
A
side
Napoli
are
in
advance
talks
with
the
side
over
a
transfer.

Napoli
have
reportedly
made
inquiries
into
the
availability
of
signing
the
28-year-old
as
they
look
to
sign
a
successor
to
Kalidou
Koulibaly,
who
joined
Chelsea
recently.
United
are
aware
of
the
interest
and
reportedly
will
not
stand
in
way
of
the
center-back
who
has
been
mostly
been
out-of-favor
of
the
first
team
in
recent
years.

Bailly’s
struggle
at
Old
Trafford

Eric
Bailly’s
signing
from
Villareal
in
2016
has
been
anything
but
underwhelming.
Despite
showing
glimpses
of
top
quality
in
his
initial
years,
inconsistencies
have
plagued
his
time
at
the
club.

Often
injured
and
mistake-prone,
he
slowly
has
demoted
in
the
pecking
order
under
three
different
managers.
He
has
struggled
to
stay
fit
and
has
been
disappointing
when
given
the
opportunity
to
start
in
recent
years.
In
the
last
three
campaigns,
Bailly
has
made
only
20
combined
appearances
in
the
top
flight,
which
justify
his
standing
on
the
side.

The
28-year-old
is
now
down
to
fourth-choice
center-back
in
the
United
pecking
order
and
the
arrival
of
Martinez
could
put
him
further
down
the
line.

Good
deal
for
all
parties
involved?

The
signing
of
Martinez
could
be
the
final
nail
in
the
coffin
for
the
Ivory
Coast
international
with
the
defender
now
having
no
choice
but
to
seek
an
exit
from
Manchester
United
and
move
elsewhere
in
an
attempt
to
revive
his
career.

At
just
28
years
of
age,
he
still
has
a
lot
of
top
years
left
in
him,
and
signing
for
a
top
side
like
Napoli
could
hand
him
a
fresh
opportunity
to
do
that,
where
the
pressure
and
limelight
will
be
lesser
than
in
England.

United
are
reportedly
looking
at
a
fee
of
€10-15
million
for
his
signature
which
is
way
lesser
than
his
signing
fee.
However,
the
transfer
will
be
a
good
deal
for
the
English
side
as
getting
him
off
their
wage
bill
would
be
a
good
step
towards
cleaning
up
the
unwanted
deadwood.