The square really matters. With Garcia there was a popular uprising which set off an alarm bell in De Laurentiis
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Massimo Ugolini on De Laurentiis’ choice to push for Conte. The Napoli president no longer wants to wait and is betting everything on a coach who knows how to manage hot spots like Naples.
Popular approval is everything for Conte
Ugolini’s words:
«Popular approval is everything for Conte. Here the square matters, the pressures that this square can exert are important. With Garcia there was a popular uprising that had the ability to set off an alarm bell in De Laurentiis’ head. If Conte were to arrive, there would be applause from all the fans because for them Conte remains the first choice. I don’t think De Laurentiis wants to wait any longer, he has resumed working on Conte and let’s say that the parties should have found a general agreement. The negotiation has moved forward, the corners have been smoothed out. But then the cards arrive on President De Laurentiis’ table and he has all the freedom to make other requests or to clarify some elements. Conte is not certain but he is Leclerc, on pole with Stefano Pioli close behind.”
Never so close to an agreement (Sky)
De Laurentiis accelerated on Conte. The president of Napoli has understood that Gasperini intends to renew with Atalanta and has decided to let go of him. Bet everything on the Apulian coach, in the last few hours there has been a rapprochement between him and De Laurentiis’ Napoli. In the next few hours there will be a new contact between the two to try to close. Sky reports it with correspondent Massimo Ugolini.
«These are decisive hours for the future of the Napoli bench linked to what happened yesterday and could happen today, the second meeting between Gasperini and Percassi. This negotiation between Atalanta and Gasperini represents a signal of the desire to continue together, this signal obviously induced president De Laurentiis to accelerate on Conte. The parties have reactivated contacts, there should be a new contact in the last few hours. A rapprochement with what happened in recent weeks, a proposal that had not been fully accepted by Conte. Evidently some progress has been made. There is the desire, the intention to close a deal. Conte’s stock prices are rising sharply. Let’s keep the Pioli option open because there has never been a shortage of twists and turns in the Napoli market. At this moment we will have to wait for the new contact between the owners and Conte to see if there will be a new agreement and therefore the new Napoli coach can in fact be made official shortly».
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