Napoli today beat off stiff competition to land Brazilian teenager Alencar Marquinhos. The young starlet already has Brazilian top division experience having featured for Sao Paulo both last season and also at the start of this season. He is highly rated in his native brazil and can play in that number 10 role supporting the main striker.

"When these new players come available, its a lottery with at times 30-40 clubs all chasing the signature. We've been patient with new players over the summer and waited for the right ones before we bid, but even then you only have a small percentage chance of securing the player. I'm delighted to bag Marquinhos, He is already making the right noises in Brazil at a big club, getting minutes on the pitch and has the perfect profile to improve and become a big player. Like with any young player, the potential is there, however that potential brings no guarantee's. He has only just turned 18 a couple of months ago, and this season in particular in Brazil will go a long way in seeing if he is the latest breakthrough star for the South American's. Here at Napoli, we let a few of our star youngsters go over the close season, to aid us in bringing some players who could impact the first team this season. It was always our intention to monitor the market this season, to see who came in and filled the void their exits created. Marquinhos fits that profile, and joins the likes of Clarkson, Arriagada, Burch, Mitoglou, Khadra and Joseph as prospects we believe will improve to the levels which has them impacting our first team squad. Its been the best transfer window we've had since I arrived, with us securing players for now and the future, which has ultimately seen us start the season in excellent form with 2 wins from 2"

Napoli started life without Rajkovic, with a 2-1 win against newly relegated Hamburg. Moutinho who was suspended for the Italian sides opener, came in for his debut and took 2 minutes to bag his first goal for the club with a trademark freekick. It was end to end stuff then, before Alario was sent off for Hamburg. However that spurned the Germans on who equalised through Sanchez. With the game heading for a draw, Vidal picked out Bamford who sent the travelling support wild with a fantastic winner in the last minute.

"its been a great start, and that was a big test for us against a side who have come down. We have taken last seasons great run towards the end into the new campaign and the team is currently bouncing with confidence. I've always said you won't see the best of us until the second half of the season, so to get 6 points from 6 on the board at the start is more than we could of possibly imagined. In Moutinho and Vidal we have 2 little magician's, despite their age who can unlock doors. They are key for us this season. We've another tough game next against Flamengo who are one of the favourites for promotion. They've started the season well also, so we will need to be at our very best if we are to get something from the game"

After a close season of much speculation, Napoli have finally parted with star keeper Rajkovic, with Fiorentina winning the race to sign the 25 year old. Rajkovic managed 15 clean sheets last season, and also won 8 man of the match awards, to help the Italian club to having once of the meanest defences in division 3. Rajkovic started this season as he ended last season with a man of the match performance against Chievo.

"We've said throughout the summer that every player has a valuation, we are a trading club, and we saw Rajkovic as our biggest current saleable asset. We had at least 10 clubs make offers enquiries over the summer, but none really ticked the boxes at that stage. We had internally decided to move on with Rajkovic as number 1 for the season despite bringing in Sepe. However last night we was offered a deal worth over £10 Million for the player, with us receiving 27 year old Russian international Roman Zobnin in exchange with cash our way. Zobnin is rated at 88, and we think still has some improvement in him. He is an established international player, who will add further strength in depth to our midfield which is already our strongest area of the side. We've added Moutinho, Mooy, Vidal and Matic already to that central area, and having a 5th player in there, will aid us through suspensions, fatigue and injuries."

Sepe and Kaminski will now fight out to be the clubs number one, with Sepe likely to take the mantle in the first instance given his higher rating. Sepe came in for a straight £7 million cash deal, which is now looking great business given he shared the 87 rating with Rajkovic, it sort of gives us an 88 rated central midfielder for free, who can impact the first team this season.

Tonao Rodrigues is also currently undergoing a medical, as he will swap Gremio for Italy, in a deal which see's O'hare go in the opposite direction. "We like the look of O'hare, but felt Tonao has a little more potential right now, so we've moved to secure his signature. We are also currently trying to get Roberts over the line but are in competition with Leverkusen for his signature, so that may or may not happen. We would like more cover in the full back positions and feel Roberts could improve over the next season or two to become a genuine first team option, we'll have to see how that ones goes, as we do have a potential back up option if that falls through. Either way once these deals are done, then the cheque book will be closed and there will be no more incomings or outgoings this season.

Napoli started the season as they ended last season, with a win and in form. They Italian side needed to come from behind against Chievo with new signing Wood coming off the bench to bag the winner, but on balance it was deserved, despite Rajkovic once again waltzing off with the man of the match.

"Its been a revolving door over the last few weeks, with a lot of player's coming and going. You expect the changes to cause disruption and its going to take at least half a season before we start seeing the results and consistency from making so many changes. To start the season with a win, gives everyone a boost. A point seperated Chievo and us last season, so it was always going to be a tight game. We have Hamburg next who have just come down and will be favourites to get the job done against us. They beat fellow relegated Lazio last night and kept a clean sheet, so I imagine they will be looking at us, as a winnable fixture. We will have some decisions to make regarding formation and personnel, what i like about our squad its very interchangeable we can set up in 3 or 4 different ways, and this has proved to be successful particularly last season. We have Moutinho back from suspension, so he will definitely come in. We then have decisions to make on the likes of Wood, Negredo, Mooy and Inui. Bamford is here for a few weeks yet, so do we utilise him? Or start the planning without him? He played yesterday, but there is no guarantee he starts Thursday given the scoring cameo from Wood. I've had a good look at Division 3 and the squads in there. There is some top top players lining up in there this season. However I think on our day we can beat anyone, and go into this season with our eyes wide open, on the prize of pushing for the top 6, and ultimately trying to get this team promoted. "