They met in Rome. They had already reconnected months ago. De Laurentiis considers him a serious worker who knows how to adapt to the squad
Turkey’s Italian head coach Vincenzo Montella looks on during the UEFA Euro 2024 Group D qualification football match between Croatia and Turkey at the OPUS Arena Stadium in Osijek, on October 12, 2023. (Photo by Denis LOVROVIC / AFP)
Montella is the new man on the Napoli bench. De Laurentiis met him. La Gazzetta writes it with Vincenzo D’Angelo. He had liked him since his days at Catania, then at Fiorentina. And recently they met in Rome.
The Italian president wants an important name to restart, to erase the black year and quickly bring Napoli back to fighting for the top areas of the table. And this is how the spark was rekindled for Vincenzo Montella, capable of rewriting the history of Turkey since he was chosen to coach the national team: Montella led Calhanoglu and his teammates to qualify for the European Championship as first in the group ahead of Croatia. And recently he scored in a friendly away to Germany, a victory that flattered an entire country. Neapolitan, with an important past in Italy and with the never hidden ambition of returning to coaching in Serie A: Montella has what it takes to take on the Naples challenge.
A first meeting with Montella in Ischia
Relations with Montella have returned to good thanks to a holiday: a fortuitous meeting in Ischia was the catalyst, where the two were seen chatting for a long time in a well-known hotel in the period in which Garcia’s bench was already dancing dangerously. And recently, De Laurentiis and Montella met again by chance in Rome, where they talked a bit about everything, in a very cordial manner.
He knows that Vincenzo is a serious worker, who knows how to adapt to the squad he has available without becoming stuck in a single system. The respect has never waned, who knows whether these recent meetings may guide the choice
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