Conte met Napoli, in the autumn he refused 8 million to take over from Garcia (Corsport)

Conte met Napoli, in the autumn he refused 8 million to take over from Garcia. Corriere dello Sport writes it with Fabio Mandarini.

During the company summit, the candidacy of Antonio Conte, another ancient passion of the president, resurfaced once again as always. A coach free from constraints. His solution for the autumn revolution: in October he wanted him to fix the season on the fly, to secure a team in disarray and a Champions League already in danger, and so he offered him 8 million and the bench of the now former champions of Italy. But he preferred to politely decline: not an economic question and rather the desire to participate in the construction of a project, rather than jumping on it on the fly. Legitimate.

On Saturday, we were saying, a match with Napoli took place: there are no preclusions linked to exit from the Champions League, the Europa League and even Europe, but the programs and the inevitable ambitions are fundamental. Conte is an authoritative profile who would guarantee appeal on the market and spread serenity over a city full of angry or even worse disillusioned fans, after the sensational collapse of the season with the scudetto on the shirts, but Conte is also an extremely demanding investment to calibrate well, between an engagement to be defined and various and possible ones. And De Laurentiis thinks about it, analyses, reflects.

Conte knows well that Napoli does not have millionaire investments in mind (Corrmezz)

De Laurentiis is thinking of a formula in which bonuses have a lot of weight, for example with a fixed base of around 6 million and incentives of up to 3 million for qualifying for the Champions League. The impetus to convince Conte was there, then De Laurentiis reflected with his “finance minister” Andrea Chiavelli on the onerousness of the operation and the dynamics that may occur if Conte is not satisfied on the market, on the possible character conflict that can come out.

Conte knows the size of Napoli well, he knows that he does not have millionaire investments in mind for already established champions, he has also accepted the idea of ​​setting up a young, strong team to be regenerated. Buongiorno is a welcome name, it comes out of the talks between Conte and Manna as well as Retsos of Olympiacos or Huijsen owned by Juventus but on loan to Roma. Players already of a good level to be developed under Conte’s management as has happened to many in the past: from Darmian to Giaccherini, from Matri to Victor Moses.

Contacts are frequent, we try to square the circle but there is work to be done. In the meantime, Conte looks around, observes the chaos that has developed at Milan and awaits a possible offer from Manchester United but at the moment only Napoli has made a concrete proposal.

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