Advantage Antonio Conte? Napoli exact 'revenge' on Nottingham Forest as they target €20m star

According to journalist Ciro Venerato on RAI, via Napoli Magazine, Forest, Wolves, and Napoli have been vying to sign Sevilla star Juanlu Sanchez. Although Forest have reportedly offered €20m (£17.3m) for the 21-year-old, Venerato claims that the player either wants to join Conte's team or stay in Spain. This comes just over a week after Napoli target Dan Ndoye joined Nuno Espirito Santo's side in a deal worth up to £34m ($46m). 

Venerato said on the matter: "Sevilla received an excellent offer from Nottingham Forest (who beat out Wolverhampton) of close to €20 million. But they recently had to deal with the player’s extremely tough position. Juanlu Sanchez was peremptory. Either Sevilla sells him to Napoli, or he stays in Spain! There’s no middle ground. Now that Napoli have decided to make the move, the player is fully committed. Nottingham are out. A small revenge for the Neapolitans, after the English side prevailed over the Campanian side for the Bolognese player Ndoye."

Despite talk of a "small revenge", Fabrizio Romano reports that Sevilla have rejected Napoli's €17m (£14.7m) offer for Juanlu, so a switch to the Serie A champions is far from certain. He adds that the Spanish team wants €20m plus a sell-on clause - something Wolves have 'already offered'.

The extremely versatile Juanlu - who can play at right-back, as a central midfielder, or as a winger - is likely to be the subject of more transfer bids from these teams ahead of the summer window shutting in just over three weeks.