Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has confirmed the club are working on a deal to sign Sokratis from Arsenal. The Greek defender has struggled for game time this season following the arrival of Mikel Arteta.
William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhães have both been added to the squad in recent weeks which is set to push Sokratis' further down the pecking order.
A move to the Stadio San Paolo could now be on the card with Napoli's chief labelling the 32-year-old as an "option". According to Il Napoli Online, De Laurentiis said: We are working on signing Sokratis Papastathopoulos from Arsenal, we consider it an option." Sokratis has previously played in Italy with Genoa and AC Milan before moving to the Emirates from Borussia Dortmund in
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