Giuntoli is disappointed, the valuation made by the club for the player is too high and now the sporting director is thinking of abandoning the negotiation.
Antonio Conte became the new manager of Napoli a few weeks ago and the challenge that awaits him is certainly not simple. Last season in fact disintegrated all the certainties of that team which, thanks to the genius and great work of Luciano Spalletti, had managed to win a scudetto who will remain forever in the hearts of Neapolitan fans.
And even if the farewell of the coach from Certaldo certainly raised some questions, together with that of sporting director Giuntoli, who after eight years alongside De Laurentiis had chosen to start a challenge against Juventus, no one could have expected the Azzurri to end up protagonist of such a disastrous season.
A championship concluded with four different coaches on the benchand a tenth place which took Napoli out of all European competitions for the first time in over a decade.
However, it must also be said that Conte, in his career as a coach, has proven to be an authentic champion in picking up the pieces of teams that had lost any type of ambition, revitalizing them until leading them to victory. Of course, we now need to understand what will happen on the market, because not even the time to arrive, that the Lecce coach had to deal with the probable farewell of Di Lorenzo and Kvaratskhelia, considered by Conte to be two top layers that he absolutely wanted to focus on.
Conte’s only sporting regret
It is no secret, however, that Conte accepted De Laurentiis’ offer, just because Unfortunately there was no room to lead Juventus again. Furthermore, he also admitted it in the interview with Francesca Fagnani, that leaving the Bianconeri was his only sporting regret as a coach.
Fate can sometimes be cruel: in fact, the Lecce coach’s phrase about the fact that you couldn’t go to eat in a restaurant became famous from one hundred euros with ten euros.
Does Juventus give up on Calafiori?
A way to underline the club’s lack of desire to spend to strengthen himself on the transfer market which backfired when Massimiliano Allegri managed to take the Bianconeri to the Champions League final with that squad.
But given his character, perhaps he wouldn’t have resisted even in this new Juventus, where there is very little money to spend, and Giuntoli is called upon to perform almost a miracle to keep the squad competitive. And in fact, it seems that the sporting director is now giving up on the idea of hiring Calafiori, because the evaluation of his card that Bologna makes seems out of reach for the club. An evaluation that has also suddenly risen on the defender is the very strong interest of Tottenham.
