“Sometimes you leave for love…At my age I can decide to do anything. When you have a city like Naples in front of you, which deserves things, you have to ask yourself if we are able to make them available or not.
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Naples does not deserve normal things, it deserves much more". Guest of the award MCL “Inside the Sport” organized by the Christian Workers Movement, with the patronage and support of USSI, at Football museum di Coverciano, Luciano Spalletti confirmation as announced yesterday by De Laurentiis: after having led him to the title breaking a 33-year wait, the Certaldo technician will leave the Napoli.
“I told my children that when they call you in Naples you have to go there but when you do, then you have to win - He continued - because he saw the strongest players in the world including the strongest – the reference to Maradona - But he also saw very strong coaches", he adds, acknowledging that in the Scudetto won there is also something of his predecessors "because Sarri he is a soccer master, Ancelotti he is one of the number ones, Gattuso he is passionate and one of those who puts his heart into doing things, there was Benitez who is an international coach”.
“When you go to Naples you have to win, at the end of the first year we didn't do it and we were also criticized a bit, but after the championship you wonder if you're capable of doing it again”. Hence the choice to do “a little step back”, also to dedicate more time to her daughter Matilde. “I need to rest because I actually feel a bit tired and I need to be aside for a bit. De Laurentiis rightly told what we said at the first dinner we met, I started by saying: 'This year I'm not working', and therefore I won't coach Napoli or any other team.
It was right that society said certain things."
Spalletti: "I'm leaving Napoli because of too much love, I'll take a sabbatical"
Di Napoli “I'll miss everything a bit. I'll notice this when the team goes into retreat or when there are matches in which Napoli plays.
For the moment I think I will miss everything a bit", Spalletti highlighted, excluding second thoughts: “I was taught since I was little that you grow up based on the decisions you make and for myself I have always decided.” Spalletti then reveals that "De Laurentiis had some doubts about the country of origin of kvaratskhelia but when you go to complete a squad you put in the missing pieces".
“Giuntoli names the people he has seen, some are known, others are seen a bit, and others are trusted, like Anguissa. I trusted Giuntoli on Anguissa, who always told me how strong he was, and he was very strong. – Spalletti concludes – We looked at Kim, at that moment we had two or three options, and having seen him he totally convinced us, he also has incredible room for improvement".
Article published on May 29, 2023 - 16:48 pm
