Yepes could renew his contract which expires in a year.

Yepes, initially started as a reserve for Ricci, has become a real fixture of Pirlo's midfield. The Spanish midfielder, class 2002, Yepes was brought to Genoa when he was very young. It was Carlo Osti who put him under contract, for the youth team: "A procurator, Calenda, had proposed him to me and to lawyer Romei. Zero parameter, very few commission expenses. He was very thin, but his qualities were seen. Already Tufano, coach of the Primavera, spoke very well of him" has recently told the former manager. Yepes' contract, just emerged from the Primavera, had been extended two years ago, with a deadline of June 2025. However, Samp has been working on the renewal for some time, and negotiations are now down to the details. In the next few days the officiality could be communicated also because Yepes himself has often explicitly expressed the desire to stay in Genoa, to work with Pirlo.