Serie A belonged to Napoli last season.
After just two titles in the club’s history, they now have been crowned champions of Italy twice in the past three years and the SBOTOP Serie A 2025 betting odds offer attractive prices to back them reclaiming the crown next term.
Antonio Conte’s men took advantage of an Inter Milan side who became caught up in a fixture congestion and ended up with nowt as Partenopei lifted the Scudetto. The question now is whether Conte can win back-to-back crowns, something that has eluded him at both Chelsea and Inter Milan over the past decade.
Talking of the Nerazzurri, it has got more troubling for them in recent weeks as, no sooner had they suffered stage fright on the biggest stage of all – a 5-0 Champions League Final defeat – then they said farewell to the manager who brought them so much success in recent years, Simone Inzaghi.
He departed Inter with six trophies won, including the club’s historic 20th league title, two Coppa Italia trophies and three Supercoppa successes.
Football is a ruthless business and he has been quickly replaced by Cristian Chivu, the former Romanian international who has signed a two-year deal.
The 44-year-old rejoins the club where he was a player and later youth coach, after a four-month spell with Parma, whom he guided to Serie A safety in the final weekend of the recently concluded campaign.
After a campaign in which Inter lost the European showpiece, were pipped to the Italian title by a point and were knocked out of the Coppa Italia at the semi-final stage by city rivals Milan, it may surprise you to learn that they are actually slight favourites to reclaim the title next season.
They will need to perform better though than the initial games of Chivu’s reign, which saw them bow out at the last 16 of the World Club Championship just over a week ago.
Before we can predict who is most likely to deliver Serie A 2025 highlights once it all gets underway in during the third week of August, we need to look at the transfer market.
After captain Lautaro Martinez made clear his disappointment of the absence in the States of influential midfielder, Hakan Calhanoglu, speculation continues linking him with a move to Turley and Galatasaray.
Whether they keep hold of him, and I expect them to stay firm with regards to a transfer fee, they will certainly not want to lose Marcus Thuram.
With the €85 million release clause now expired, Inter certainly have way more power for the remainder of the summer, as any interested club would need to negotiate an entirely new transfer fee.
Thuram joined on a free transfer from Borussia Mönchengladbach two years ago and, so far, has won one Serie A title and one Supercoppa Italiana.
The France international has netted 33 times in 96 appearances across all competitions with the Nerazzurri who are also looking to strengthen and have set their sights on Spanish attacking midfielder Marco Asensio, who has returned to PSG after a six-month loan spell at Aston Villa.
Inter’s interest in the 29-year-old is not entirely surprising given that the Nerazzurri had already been offered the ex-Real Madrid star in the January transfer window.
As he is not part of Luis Enrique’s plans in Paris, perhaps he can be a suitable replacement for Calhanoglu who Inter are open to letting leave as long as the Turkish star brings an offer from any interested club before July 31.
Elsewhere, Juventus know they need to up their game but their main focus right now may be trying to keep hold of one of their leading talents.
La Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Juve are working to keep Kolo Muani in Turin and ready to send a new offer to retain his services, proposing a €10m loan with an option to buy to PSG.
The France international moved to Turin on loan in January and remained with the Old Lady for the Club World Cup, although they don’t have an option to make his move permanent.
One thing is for sure, the Parisiens won’t want to sell the player on the cheap after signing him for €95m from Eintracht Frankfurt just two years ago.
And what of Milan after their most disappointing season for years, even though they lifted the Italian Super Cup.
Well, veteran Luka Modric will join them and news of a contract for the 39-year-old Croatia captain was confirmed by none other than Max Allegri, who has returned for a second stint as Milan boss after replacing Sergio Conceicao (who only arrived at the club in January).
Both Paulo Fonseca and Conceiçao could not avoid being sacked in the past year, and when Igli Tare was appointed as the new sporting director, Allegri was the very first name on his agenda.
He has signed a two-year contract, returning to San Siro after 11 years, and has a task and a half on his hands as the giants of the Italian game jockey for position.
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