“The Napoli players are neither the ones from last year, very strong, nor the ones from this year. It seems clear to me that last season the Azzurri went well beyond their value, just as this year they are clearly performing below their capabilities. The truth lies in the middle. Kim played badly yesterday against Bayern Munich because the tactical context was different – said the Fifa agent Gaetano Fedele on Radio Marte during Marte Sport Live – demonstrating and confirming that last year everything went well. If Kim had been there this season Napoli would probably have 4-5 points more, but his presence would not have completely changed the Azzurri’s season, the way it went.
Many Napoli purchases cannot be evaluated for the championship they played. Let’s take Lindstrom: for me he is an excellent player, but we haven’t had the chance to see him continuously. Mazzocchi himself is an excellent supporting character, he could be very useful both on the right and on the left. We didn’t see Natan again in the second part, we don’t know if he could have done better or worse than Juan Jesus. In this sense, Calzona could have varied the number a bit also to evaluate these elements. In this way it is difficult to understand who can stay next season, these are choices that the club must make with the new coach.
The same goes for players returning from loans. Folorunsho, which I would have already kept this summer without taking Cajuste, is an element to focus on and which I would keep in the squad. Gaetano is doing well but if he comes back and doesn’t play I don’t think it will be useful for him. Zerbin can be useful, but it all depends on the new coach. And indeed, even to evaluate all these players, for me Napoli is already behind schedule for next season.”
