As a Chicago-born NBA data analyst who grew up on the courts of South Side, I’ve seen this movie before. Napoli’s £40M offer for Santonio isn’t ambition—it’s arithmetic absurdity. Chelsea paid £5M to release him last year; now they’re chasing a ghost. My models show his metrics don’t align with modern tactics. This isn’t transfer speculation—it’s tradition clinging to outdated stats. Let me break it down.