Between Tuesday and Thursday Juventus will release him from his contract, barring any sensational surprises.
Db Napoli 03/03/2024 – Serie A football championship / Napoli-Juventus / photo Daniele Buffa/Image Sport in the photo: Cristiano Giuntoli with Giovanni Manna
Valter De Maggio announced a Radio Kiss Kiss Naples some news on the new sporting director of Napoli, Giovanni Manna.
Napoli could announce Manna as early as Friday
«Between Tuesday and Thursday, barring any surprises, Juventus will release Manna from his contract and Napoli will be able to announce it on Friday».
Then we will move on to choosing the coach. At the moment there seems to have been a slowdown for Antonio Conte, as the former Inter coach is not meeting De Laurentiis’ expectations. The Napoli president is in fact trying to understand if he can land the blow on Gian Piero Gasperini, but the Atalanta coach will not make any decisions before the Europa League final on Wednesday. Also on the list are Stefano Pioli (who has already given his availability to Napoli) and, as a last resort, Vincenzo Italiano, who is also busy with a European final next week.
The new sporting director working with the club
Manna does not move De Laurentiis from center stage. Antonio Corbo writes it in the Neapolitan edition of Repubblica.
Napoli expected an authoritative manager of proven ability. Not the Marotta lookalike, widely present in the triumphs of Juve and Inter, but one who brings Napoli back to the market with the ability of Cristiano Giuntoli. His shots provided the basis for Spalletti to mount his masterpiece. Giuntoli’s deputy has arrived. No prejudice about Giovanni Manna, a 35-year-old manager, described as ambitious and tenacious. He will certainly not do less than Meluso who immediately ended up in anonymity with the other sporting director Antonio Sinicropi. Manna’s arrival does not displace De Laurentiis from center stage after 19 years of immense merit, for intuition and ability, and after the twentieth of the catastrophe. De Laurentiis starts again with Manna. It’s fitting that he says something important. Let it be known that Napoli is there, he is still there with a new experience corroborated by the failures of this sudden decline.
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