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CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE

CRISTIANO GIUNTOLI

uch of the credit for landing “Kvaradona” for a now bargain price of 10m must go to Napoli’s sporting director Giuntoli. When he first looked into “KK” during30m. When FIFA decided, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, that foreigners based in Russia could freely leave the country, Kvaratskhelia returned home to play for Dinamo Batumi in Georgia. It was then that Giuntoli moved, picking him up for 10m, a third of the original asking price.

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