“I believe we have reached a point – admitted the sports director Enrico Fedeleguest of “La Domenica Azzurra” on OttoChannel – so we need to choose the new coach and from what I know 80% of the time it will be Pioli. Italian is the alternative, he is an excellent coach. I know him, I already wanted to buy him as a footballer because he was already a coach on the pitch.
With him the teams play well even if with some defensive risks. Italian was a first love for De Laurentiis, after all he was contacted a year ago. I don’t share the distrust for Pioli: the Parma coach was in Rome with Lazio and it’s not easy, he coached in Florence, Bologna, Inter and won the scudetto with Milan.
When Spalletti came, what more experience did he have? For me Pioli does not have a mild character, he is Ancelotti’s son, but he is not soft, he knows how to command respect. He knows the pressures of great challenges, others don’t. Perhaps the problem is another: people want Conte because if he came, De Laurentiis would emigrate to Hollywood for a year. He or he would never go near the changing rooms. Conte’s presence would put the president in a position to just act as a manager and no longer deal with technical issues.
In my opinion, Gasperini can never come to Naples. If De Laurentiis chooses the new coach again we are back to the beginning, Napoli needs an authoritative football manager who can also take on the responsibility of choosing the new coach.”
