Watford Boss Walter Mazzarri Targets Napoli Defensive Duo

Published on: 09 July 2016

Watford manager Walter Mazzarri has targeted Napoli duo Christian Maggio and Juan Camilo Zuniga as he seeks a reunion at Vicarage Road.


Mazzarri has already signed defender Christian Kabasele and strikers Jerome Sinclair and Isaac Success, but wants to add further additions to the Hornets and has his eyes set on theout-of-favour pair.


34-year-oldMaggiomade just four starts and eight appearances in Serie A last season, with the full-back seeminglysurplus to requirements alongside Zuniga who spent the last half of the season on loan at Bologna.

Gazetta Worldreportsthat Zuniga is the closest of the two tomaking the switch to Hertfordshire, with the Colombian already being involved in training sessions, according to reports fromGazzaMercato.


Both the 30-year-old and Maggio worked under Mazzarri when Napoli finished second in Serie A in 2013 and won the Coppa Italia the year prior, but Mazzarri left the club at the end of the 2012-13season to join Inter Milan.


The full backs have made almost 350 appearances combined in the league and while Zuniga is still a regular for Colombia with 61 caps to his name, whileMaggio hasn't played for Italy for two years after being cut from Italy's 2014 World Cup squad.

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