André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Napoli's Cameroonian midfielder, has survived the summer. After months of transfer speculation linking him to Besiktas and positioning him as one of the club's most likely departures, the 30-year-old began the 2026-27 Serie A season in an Allegri side that opened with a win against Genoa at Marassi.
The significance is not trivial. Anguissa entered this window as a man with a price tag and a named suitor. He exits it — at least provisionally — as part of a squad that Massimiliano Allegri is actively shaping around a title ambition. Allegri, speaking after Napoli's opening-day victory, stated his desire for a trophy in what is the club's centenary year. That framing matters: a coach hunting silverware in a landmark season is unlikely to tolerate passengers, but equally unlikely to discard a functional piece before he has alternatives in place.
The Genoa match itself offered limited individual data to work with. Anguissa registered neither a goal nor an assist across his appearance, earning a 6.50 average rating — a number that suggests competent rather than decisive involvement. Napoli won 2-0, with Kevin De Bruyne's goal at the centre of a post-match officiating controversy that drew a suspension for a Genoa sporting director and a public defence of referee Di Bello from Daniele Orsato. The storm swirled around others; Anguissa was peripheral to the noise.
His AI Overall score of 72 out of 100 reflects a player still operating at a serviceable level, though not one commanding the kind of profile that makes him untouchable in a squad undergoing structural change. Napoli's pursuit of Gabriel Jesus — contingent on outgoing transfers — signals that the squad is not yet settled. Anguissa's position in the hierarchy depends partly on whether those departures materialise and who fills the gaps.
At 30, Anguissa is at the age where a midfielder either consolidates his role or begins to be managed around it. One match, one clean sheet, and a rating that neither alarms nor excites: it is the most ambiguous of starts. Allegri's Napoli sit third after the opening round, three points from one game, and the Cameroonian is still in the building — which, given where this summer began, is itself a result.