During the broadcast “Si Gonfia la Rete” hosted by Raffaele Auriemma on Radio Crc, Luciano Moggi, former sports manager, spoke to discuss the current events of Napoli football and the difficulties that president Aurelio De Laurentiis is facing. Moggi declared: “De Laurentiis is right.
If a football club followed all the market speculation from January to July, it would end up buying 500 players and changing 30 coaches."
“Every time you follow a player and the news leaks out, other clubs get involved in the deal and the player’s value increases. To avoid these situations, I have often tried to mislead the information, but only partially succeeded.” Regarding the delicate moment that De Laurentiis is going through, Moggi commented: “In this period, De Laurentiis has to manage everything on his own, especially if it is true that he has hired a young sporting director.”
Turning to the question of the new Napoli coach, Moggi made some considerations: “There could be two candidates for the Napoli bench: Antonio Conte and Vincenzo Italiano.
I also heard about Stefano Pioli, who is a great coach, but he only emerged now because Milan will change coach. Conte could be close to Napoli; these are the feelings I had talking to people close to Antonio.”
Moggi then added: “Juventus seem to have finished with Thiago Motta, Milan are looking abroad, so Napoli remains.
De Laurentiis could make a lot of people angry, but he knows how to work. I think he has something important in mind for Napoli.
He's made some mistakes this year, but I think he's learned from them. talk less and delve deeper into situations.”
“I like him as an entrepreneur because he keeps the balance sheets in order, but it is necessary to encourage him to do well, and in this sense the journalists are right to prod him. However, the president cannot deny every news item and naming names seems inappropriate.
I hope that, from the behaviors I am observing and from the little news that is filtering through, something positive emerges.”
Article published on May 17, 2024 - 13:55 pm
