Serie A is almost up and running.
The major European league which produced the most exciting finish of all last season, as Napoli lifted the Scudetto on the final day, is set to return and we await it with much anticipation.
After just two titles in the club’s history, Napoli have now been crowned champions of Italy twice in the past three years and the SBOTOP Serie A 2025 betting odds offer attractive prices to back them reclaiming the crown.
They are priced just ahead of Inter Milan who are fully beginning the post Simone Inzaghi era.
Cristian Chivu, the former Romanian international who has signed a two year deal to replace him, rejoins the club where he was a player and later youth coach, after a four-month spell with Parma, whom he guided to Serie A safety.
After a campaign in which Inter lost the Champions League Final, were pipped to the Italian title by a point and were knocked out of the Coppa Italia at the semi-final stage by city rivals Milan, the Nerazzurri will be determined to bounce back and produce some early Serie A 2025 highlights to ease the heartbreak.
With that amongst many changes in the top flight, it is tricky to predict the outcome and it could well be that the emergence of some potential breakout stars give Serie A clubs that distinct and unexpected edge in both the title race, the battle for European football and the bid to beat the drop.
Here are my ones to watch in 2025-26:
Wesley and Ewan Ferguson (Roma)
Wing-backs are crucial for new manager Gian Piero Gasperini – who did such a superb job at Roma – and Wesley makes no exception.
Signed from Brazilian club Flamengo for €25 million, the 21 year-old has a unique background as he had decided to quit his football career after the Covid pandemic only to change his mind.
Roma held off competition from many European clubs to secure his signature this summer and he will likely get consistent playing time down the right flank. Brighton and Ireland frontman Evan Ferguson joined Roma on an initial loan deal and is also one to watch, given I think he’s a special talent who just needs nurturing.
Luka Topalovic (Inter Milan)
Another player who may benefit from a new manager.
The 19 year‑old Slovenian midfielder arrived at the club last year with the polish of a continental prospect; he’s tall, athletic, and keen to contribute with both goals and assists.
Expect Chivu to give this talent an opportunity and he may well emerge from the shadows on occasion given Inter’s hectic schedule at home and abroad.
Francesco Camarda (Lecce)
Loaned to Lecce, this is the chance for a highly anticipated talent to get game time and he could be the man that ensures the Apulia based side avoids a repeat of last season’s dog fight at the bottom.
Milan’s new manager Max Allegri will no doubt be keeping an eye on how he fares on loan with a view to bringing him back to the San Siro in due course.
His promise is clear. In November 2023, at 15 years and 260 days old, Camarda became the youngest debutant in Serie A history.
At 16 years and 226 days, he became the youngest Italian to debut in the Champions League.
Now is the time to start showing why he was given such opportunities at a tender age.
Giacomo Faticanti (Lecce)
There’s no question, Lecce have acted decisively and Eusebio Di Francesco is putting some faith in youth as the club looks to avoid another flirt with relegation (they stayed up by three points last term).
Faticanti has the potential to match Camarda at the other end of the pitch.
He is a player who reads the game with calm precision and strong positional awareness and is also adept at breaking up play through interceptions and aerial challenges. At 6’1″, the 20 year‑old Italian has already caught the eye and captained Roma under 19s team. Now for a breakthrough in senior football?
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