Naples Director: I wanted to introduce Lino from Atletico this summer, but later made other decisions

September 19th Napoli Director Manna was interviewed before the Champions League and said that Napoli wanted to sign Lino, who joined Flamenco from Atletico this summer.

He said: "We did talk to Lino and the others because we were looking for a player with this kind of characteristics. He was on our list of signings and we tried to understand his situation, but then made other decisions."

Then, Manna explained that it was Napoli that he gave up the introduction of Lino, and he said: "Yes, that's also possible. But Lino was already very close to Flamenco at the time and was about to sign. We didn't want to force it, which was not suitable for us. We were not ready to sign him, and we were still negotiating and wanted to find the most suitable solution."

After failing to sign Lino, Napoli turned to sign Noah Lang for 25 million euros, who performed well in the Eredivisie last season. In addition, Naples also loaned Elmas from RB Leipzig.

Since joining in the end of July, Lino has become one of the key players of Flamenco. He contributed 2 goals and 4 assists in 10 games. In addition to his outstanding performance at the club, he was also called up for the Brazilian national team for the first time in a recent international match day and made his national team debut against Bolivia on September 10.