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UDINE, ITALY – MAY 06: Jens Cajuste of SSC Napoli in action during the Serie A TIM match between Udinese Calcio and SSC Napoli at Dacia Arena on May 06, 2024 in Udine, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Napoli cannot celebrate the sale of Jens Cajuste yet, as Fabrizio Romano reports promotion isn’t enough to activate the Ipswich Town €7.5m option to buy.
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The midfielder was sent out to the Championship side last summer on loan with an option to make the move permanent at a cost of €7.5m.
It had been reported that this included a clause making the purchase an obligation in case of promotion to the Premier League.
So with the Tractor Boys stepping up to the top flight this weekend, Napoli had hoped to cash in on Cajuste.
Napoli must wait for Cajuste cash
However, transfer pundit Romano warns the clause in question also includes the requirement that he play in 50 per cent of their games, and he hasn’t achieved that target yet.
The Sweden international has featured in 31 games between the Championship and FA Cup this season, contributing one goal and four assists.
Napoli paid €11.5m to sign Cajuste from Stade Reims in the summer of 2023, but he never made an impact, going on two different loans to Ipswich Town in August 2024 and again in August 2025.
Those loans brought in circa €2.7m in fees to the Partenopei club coffers.
