Comments on: Hit the road, Giovanni

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:01:40 +0000

Great work Joe. Just one thing .. if I go to the offsides main page and click Italy>SerieB>Napoli … your blog doesn’t show .. the only way I can find it is on http://www.bigsoccer.com’s napoli board.

By: Joe Ginto

Joe Ginto — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:43:50 +0000

I don’t think there’s any doubt they really value him. Reja and Marino have both talked about how important he is and that they’ll make every effort to keep him. I am not basing this on anything other than a gut feel, but I think they’ll manage a way to keep him.

The fact is Napoli’s season ticket base (which should rise to 30,000+) is one of the highest in Italian football. The size of the city and the passion of its fan base mean the squad will automatically generate more revenue than most other clubs. If they value him (Domizzi) high enough, they’ll pay off Sampdoria.

These next six weeks are going to be very interesting.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:47:36 +0000

Joe, what do you think are the odds on keeping Domizzi? I wouldn’t miss the other three, but it would be nice to see him stay. (I didn’t realize he was co-owned.)