It’s crazy how short managers (and players) manage to keep a good relationship with Napoli’s club president Aurelio De Laurentiis. Now it’s about to boil over at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, even though they are in the driver’s seat to win the Scudetto.
After Napoli won the Serie A 2022/2023 season for the first time since Maradona’s days, the temperature was so high between manager Luciano Spalletti and Aurelio De Laurentiis that he left as soon as the victory parades were over. (He went reasonably straight over to become national team manager for Italy)
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Napoli are on their fourth manager since then, and Antonio Conte, who took over the helm last summer, is already at loggerheads with his bosses. – It went faster than for Carlo Ancelotti, who managed a season and a half of chaos, and for striker Victor Osimhen, who will never set foot in the city unless he is kidnapped. (Is on loan in Turkey at Galatasaray, will be sold this summer.
Napoli lead Serie A by three points down to second-placed Inter, with three games left to play. You’d think everything is rosy, but it’s not. Football-Italia reports that there are tensions between rebellious coach Antonio Conte and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis. Conte is said to be frustrated that no clear replacement was brought in after the sale of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to Paris Saint-Germain for 70 million euros in the January window. Therefore, there are now rumours that Conte could leave the club – even if they win the league.
Napoli host Genoa on Sunday in what could be a decisive Serie A round.
According to reports from TMW, Napoli have begun to intensify contact with former Juventus head coach Allegri, who is still available after his Juventus exit at the end of the 2023-24 season.
Wednesday’s report suggests that Allegri and De Laurentiis have had a good relationship for several years already, and that Allegri is considered more than just a “Plan B”.
If Conte leaves, former Juventus and Milan coach Massimiliano “Max” Allegri could take over. According to Tuttomercatoweb, Napoli have intensified contact with Allegri.
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