Bid for Napoli defender Santacroce upcoming

Naples regional newspaper Corriere del Mezzogiorno claims that Barcelona is interested in Napoli central defender and Italian (youth) international Fabiano Santacroce (22).

Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola would see Santacroce as the successor of Barcelona central defender and captain Carles Puyol and would have personally contacted Giovanni Branchini, the agent of the Brazil-born defender, to talk about a transfer.

While Napoli officials say that Santacroce is not for sale, Barcelona would be preparing to launch a bid of 13 million euro° soon. The player will be offered a year salary of 3 million euro. Santacroce signed for Napoli in January of this year and has a contract until the summer of 2012.

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