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Napoli renewed interest in Chelsea player Emerson and held another round of negotiations - Football Italia reports.
Napoli head coach Luciano Spalletti called the Italian national team player his priority in the summer transfer market, but Chelsea financial requests forced the Neapolitans to abandon this option for a while..
In case of another setback, Napoli intends to switch to Liverpool defender Konstantinos Tsimikas.
Emerson, 26, has 16 appearances (0 goals) for the Italian national team and has played for Santos (33 appearances in all competitions, 3 goals), Palermo (9, 0), Roma (47, 2) and Chelsea (70, 2).
The 25-year-old Tsimikas made 9 appearances for the Greek national team (0 goals) and played for Olympiacos (86 appearances in all competitions, 0 goals), Esbjerg (13, 2), Willem II (37, 6) and Liverpool (7, 0.