First they hugged each other, now they make war on each other. Mario Giuffredi, a well-known Neapolitan agent with a house in Avellino on the hills, can be liked or disliked but it is a fact that he is very astute and always looks out for the interests of his players. He wrote a book. At Bruno Vespa. Works (few) miracles (many) in his life as an agent. De Laurentiis opened the doors to him at San Paolo (Maradona) where he went as a child to see the Napoli that he loves so much. Something out of a movie. De Laurentiis was in the front row applauding him. A few months have passed and Giuffredi shoots to zero, Napoli makes a post against Giuffredi. What happened during this period? Simple. The President of Napoli didn’t understand much about it and often publicly blurted out “they’re all for sale, just bring me a concrete offer”. Giuffredi, who doesn’t sleep at night but rests in the morning, didn’t miss the opportunity. Is Di Lorenzo on the market? Here Aurelio, here’s 20 million for you. The footballer goes to get more money and everyone is happy and content. Stop! It’s not really like that. In the meantime, De Laurentiis has found enthusiasm again with Antonio Conte and has taken back the phrase he said months earlier. Furthermore, he has learned that Di Lorenzo wants Giuntoli’s “gouged” guy for 20 million euros. Off to the theater. Now there is no going back also because if a player publicly expresses his desire to go to Juventus, even if not through his mouth, he can no longer play with the Napoli shirt. The President is not stupid and he knows the rules of the game well. If everything goes well at Napoli he will be able to bring 25 million euros into the club’s coffers. Holding him back is almost impossible. If Di Lorenzo splits Naples, Conte unites it. Someone tried to repeat Conte’s phrases during Juve’s time against Napoli. Not even this diminishes the euphoria of the Neapolitans who rightly enjoy Aurelio’s 90-point shot. Mergellina also knows that Conte wanted Milan, but only Pedullà knew that Conte had opened up to Napoli and from this evening, at 11pm on Sportitalia, he is back to giving us a headache with all the operations of the 2024 summer transfer market. Conte arrives motivated, he accepted the challenge and he can’t live without football for more than a year. Then Antonio also knows that De Laurentiis overpaid him but he is a champion even off the pitch and De Laurentiis was grabbed by the neck and taken around Naples.
Milan are worried. Not because of the timing, that’s not a problem. There is too much confusion and it seems like a club with two souls. I may be wrong, I hope I’m wrong. As said a year ago, after the unexpected sale of Tonali, the club could sell a 90 piece every year. We’ll see. It’s not the problem of who leaves but who arrives. The club cannot make a mistake as a coach, the attacker cannot fail (two strong ones would be needed) and it needs 4 reinforcements from Milan and not from experimental Milan. Whoever has decided to invest in this club must understand that Milan must aim to win the Champions League. You can lose it but you have to have it as your goal. Here not only is the objective not to aim to win the Champions League but only to participate. We are not talking, with all due respect, about Bologna who, if they qualify for the Champions League, will go to the streets to celebrate. Milan must return to Berlusconi’s levels. Not right away but he has to. The path taken does not seem to be the right one and if the navigator has gone crazy it is right not to change just the Nav but the entire car.
In closing, a reflection that also concerns Milan but the problem is another. The B teams. One of my strong points. Juventus, Atalanta and now let’s hope that one fails and doesn’t sign up to throw in Milan Under 23. Total madness. The second team project may work but it’s not the right model. Serie C, in Italy, is the category of squares, of the territory, of the fans that often bring 10 thousand people to the stadium. The B teams take away dreams from small to medium-sized realities. It’s like destroying small and medium-sized Italian businesses. Others can’t even sign up because between debts and fake presidents they don’t deserve the C but look at how many places don’t practice professionalism and could afford the C more than many other clubs. Juventus B plays in a D team’s stadium and it is always empty. Atalanta must go to the Caravaggio desert and Milan will play in Solbiate. If you don’t have the facilities, you shouldn’t do C. Good players and managers who almost take you to Serie B are not enough. The Lega Pro and the FIGC must find a solution. More Syracuse, Acireale, Vibonese, Treviso, Piacenza and many others, less Juve, Milan and Atalanta B without dreams but only drawers and footballing competence.
