On ‘1 Football Club’ on 1 Station Radio, he spoke Claudio AnellucciFIFA agent and former agent of Edinson Cavani.
How much does the European Championship affect the evaluations of footballers? “These demonstrations are misleading, because they are too fast and if a player has two unlucky days his evaluation collapses. It cannot and must not be a thermometer for the market, footballers evaluate themselves over much longer periods. If we were to judge the Azzurri seen yesterday, they would all be duds, but these evaluations should not be made because they are not in line with the real value. The summer transfer market deals are planned for January, February at the latest. The European Championship is a fun and spectacular competition to watch, but it shouldn’t affect the value of the players”.
When did the Napoli-Conte negotiation begin? And were the purchases also planned? “De Laurentiis’ assessments were certainly long, but we cannot deny that he also treated Gasperini, so much so that the coach made that statement about the wife and lover to be in love with, clearly referring to Napoli. Conte is a old idea that found the best conditions to materialize after a disastrous year for the Neapolitans”.
Lamine Yamal is putting itself on display… “He is an already consolidated phenomenon, despite his very young age. Insiders have known him for years. Europe certainly won’t be the one to showcase him, and I don’t think it will be possible to take him away with a monstrous offer: Barcelona isn’t thinking so, rather it aims to make its young people an emblem of success”.
Why do our young people struggle to emerge? “If we look, for example, at Barcelona who bring the 2005 team to Europe, while we send them to Serie D or, even worse, to the Primavera, we realize that the management of our young players is shameful. There isn’t much sense. even in the Under23 teams, which can neither win nor lose, taking away places from important teams. We need a total reform of the Italian football system.”
In the end, could Osimhen really stay at Napoli? “I don’t know if he will stay or go, but if he stayed it would be a problem both for Conte, in the management of a boy who has repeatedly expressed the desire to leave, and for the dressing room: such an important hiring could bring discontent in the team group and become a real nuisance.”
