All that’s missing is the announcement for Antonio Conte at Napoli. A negotiation closed by director Manna and CEO Chiavelli, with ADL even taking a few days off, and also for this reason Giovanni Scotto in the newspaper Il Roma underlines that “the conditions are excellent, everything is going in the right direction” while on the technical aspect: “He could put aside, at least initially, his proverbial three-man defence. The coach’s idea is to adapt his football to the characteristics of the players. He would have agreed with Manna that today the most suitable formation for Napoli is the 4-2-3-1, with Politano, Raspadori and Kvaratskhelia behind Osimhen’s heir.
With this module it would no longer be essential to take a replacement for Zielinski, and the available wingers could be exploited, as well as “mysterious objects” such as Lindstrom. Furthermore, the defense would only need one addition. Conte will probably work on the new module from the first days of work and will make his assessments. Otherwise he will be sent with his 3-5-2, which could become a 3-4-1-2 or 3-4-2-1 like Gasperini. This is the new coach’s constructive approach: he won’t ask for the moon or even revolutions on the market. A first striker (two if Simeone starts and Cheddira will be rejected), a central defender and a midfielder. These are his requests. Conte will carefully evaluate Mazzocchi and Zerbin, to understand if they can make the reserves. The season without European cups comes in favor, from this point of view. Without too many commitments there is no need for such a deep squad. The conditions that Conte considers ideal for re-founding, as he did at Juventus, which he led as a newly promoted team to win the Scudetto.”
