Atalanta have registered interest in Napoli midfielder André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, with the Bergamo club making an approach as the 30-year-old Cameroonian enters a second consecutive summer without a resolved contract situation. The development, reported by Corriere dello Sport, adds a domestic dimension to a saga that had previously attracted attention from Turkey, and it raises the pressure on both player and club to reach a decision before the window closes.

The stakes are real for Napoli. Antonio Conte's side finished the 2025-26 Serie A campaign in second place with 76 points from 38 matches — a return that confirms the club's re-emergence as a genuine title contender — and Anguissa was a functioning part of that engine. He appeared in 18 league matches, contributing four goals and one assist at an average rating of 6.90. Those are not the numbers of a peripheral figure. They are the numbers of a midfielder who earns his minutes and occasionally decides them.

The contract impasse, according to the same report, centres on a gap over wages. Cristiano Giuntoli has expressed interest in retaining Anguissa, but the distance between the two parties remains. That gap is what has kept Atalanta — a club with the resources and the tactical intelligence to deploy a box-to-box midfielder effectively — in the conversation.

Anguissa's profile makes the tension understandable from both sides. At 30, he is not a player whose value will climb; Napoli's leverage diminishes the longer negotiations stall. Yet his goal contribution this season — four in 18 appearances is a meaningful rate for a central midfielder — suggests he still has productive years ahead, which is precisely what makes Atalanta's interest credible rather than opportunistic.

Conte's Napoli have been active across the window, pursuing attacking reinforcements and defensive additions, which may indicate that the club is prepared to absorb Anguissa's exit if the contract terms cannot be bridged. Whether Napoli ultimately hold firm or sell, the club's second-place finish gives them a negotiating position that did not exist two seasons ago.

Anguissa has until the window shuts to determine whether his future lies in Naples or elsewhere. Atalanta are not waiting indefinitely.