Backs against the wall. Like never before. After the last perverse disaster with Bologna, De Laurentiis has decided that we must at least make a desperate attempt because we need a move “à la Benitez” or “à la Ancelotti” to overturn the table once again, to rekindle joy: and in these hours, therefore, he will return to the assault of Antonio Conte after putting it aside too quickly.
Disconsolate, sad, angry. Those chants against, that reopening wound of protest. The championship finale is deciding De Laurentiis, beyond what he had in mind. There is no time to waste, not even a second. The patron comes out into the open, after having sunk to the Maradona. Now we need a twist. The film about the scudetto is not enough: he understood that he must do something to try to quickly close the agreement with the former Italy coach, to assuage the disappointment of a city that sees the future, as well as the present, as black. Very black. He heard the voices of protest, he was not indifferent to them. He was gone in a flash.
He’s angry with the team, many will be sent away in what will be one unprecedented revolution in blue history. But we need the right man, the one who can give an injection of enthusiasm, one who will take this team and turn it inside out. Therefore, you have started planning a summit in the next few days, from inside or outside with Conte and his agents. After the long silences of recent weeks, the Apulian coach sent emissaries to make De Laurentiis understand that his demands for the salary are not those of Tottenham’s golden days. And also the duration: even a two-year period is fine. In short, all the conditions for negotiating. But it’s not easy, a quick turnaround is needed here. Because the ideas are not yet very clear: De Laurentiis is ready to attack Antonio Conte, aware that his yes is not a given even given the climate that exists now in Napoli and around Napoli. And because he knows that the project that De Laurentiis will illustrate weighs heavily.
But there is a reopening in Conte with an appointment in the next few days. But the president still sends smoke signals to Gasperini who does not remain indifferent to the Napoli court, which is why he remains firmly in the running. The souls in the club are different: if the sporting director in pectore Manna were given carte blanche, however, the chosen coach would be Vincenzo Italiano who leaves Fiorentina after Athens. Manna already has more than one promise with Italiano, but he knows that he has to wait because this is a very top-down club. However, he was the right coach who suggested and blocked him: Italian. Then there is also an important push, that of the De Laurentiis loyalist, the CEO Chiavelli who cherished the Nagelsmann dream a year ago and this year is pushing (and not a little) for Stefano Pioli, ready to leave Milan. De Laurentiis only trusts Chiavelli, it is a very solid combination in the world of football. The fans want it to be done quickly. Here, in the half-empty stadium, where even season ticket holders no longer set foot, there is only one question. That is, who will collect this rubble.
Salt on the wound
As if the troubles weren’t enough, Spalletti provided the final blow. Other than “too much love”. Hidden truths slowly come to light. Slowly, but sooner or later Luciano Spalletti will tell everyone why he left Napoli. That is, for the relationship that has now become impossible with De Laurentiis, because the two have lived separated at home since November, when Spalletti then chose to go and live “in exile” in Castel Volturno. «I didn’t leave Naples for fear of what I conquered. We in Naples had everything to follow up on what we won. You should be aware of many things. I love everyone, I forgive everyone, but I don’t forget. I’m not saying why I left, but not out of fear. I had my reasons.” The Italy coach spoke at the World Meeting on Human Fraternity at the CONI Hall of Honour. Forgive but don’t forget. In short, it is the first real confession: he would never have left Naples. He doesn’t mention De Laurentiis’ name, but even the stones understood. «Winning that thing there in Naples is special. I don’t remember the cups, but I could paint the faces full of joy of the people. We won not thanks to me, but thanks to a city that has a tremendous passion”, he concludes. But it’s only the first episode: others will come.
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